by Bruce Sylvester – Abatacept, an FDA-approved treatment of rheumatoid arthritis could become the first targeted therapy for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a condition that usually causes… read more.
Bernhard Banas, Regensburg, Germany – Prolonged-release tacrolimus administered once-daily provides high rates of graft survival and reduction in biopsy-confirmed acute rejection (BCAR), with a manageable tolerability profile, in patients… read more.
Re-transplantation is the only option available for salvaging a failed abdominal graft. As the outcomes after primary transplantations continue to improve, even with the increasing use of extended-criteria… read more.
Invasive microbial infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in organ transplantation patients. The satellite symposia sponsored by Astellas Pharma at ESOT 2013 discussed the challenge… read more.
by Peter Friend, Oxford, UK – The 16th ESOT Congress in Vienna 2013 was one of ESOT’s most comprehensive arrangements to date, with more than 3,500 attendees and… read more.
Randall Morris, San Francisco, USA – Failure to make therapeutic progress is a real challenge in the transplantation field. On the face of it, the goals set up… read more.
Richard Trompeter, London, UK; Jo Wray, London, UK; Lorraine Bell, Montreal, Canada – The transition from paediatric to adult transplantation services is a major challenge for adolescent transplant… read more.
Richard Trompeter, London, UK; Jo Wray, London, UK; Lorraine Bell, Montreal, Canada – The transition from paediatric to adult transplantation services is a major challenge for adolescent transplant… read more.
Andreas Tzakis , Weston, USA – Advances in vascular reconstruction techniques in recent years has transformed the concept of multi-visceral or cluster transplantations from the very forefront of… read more.
Reducing or eliminating the need for chronic immunosuppressive therapy by inducing tolerance in the recipient immune system would have an astounding impact on clinical practice and scientists all… read more.
by Maria Dalby – Kidney transplants could in principle last forever – the common assumption that kidney transplants inevitably deteriorate and fail is not supported by the latest… read more.
by Maria Dalby – Donor-specific anti-human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies, or DSAs, have emerged in recent years as one of the most important factors for predicting the outcome… read more.
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