A new study from UC Davis Health could help to increase the supply of donor kidneys. Researchers have found that transplant patients who receive kidneys infected with the parasite toxoplasma… read more.
The biologics license application (BLA) seeking the approval of tabelecleucel (tab-cel) monotherapy for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients who are at least 2 years of age… read more.
The presence of diverse species of micro-organisms in the intestinal tract of children who have undergone a donor stem cell transplant significantly enhances overall patient survival and reduces… read more.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans with heart failure are sick enough to benefit from a transplant, yet only around 4,000 heart transplants are performed annually. One reason for… read more.
In a new study involving three volunteers, skin scars began to behave more like uninjured skin after they were treated with hair follicle transplants. The scarred skin harboured… read more.
A new method of donor-lung distribution is projected to decrease the number of candidate deaths who are on the waitlist for lung transplant, according to a study by… read more.
Donor hearts from people who were COVID-19-positive appeared to be as safe for transplantation as those from people without COVID-19, according to a short-term analysis to be presented… read more.
Do pediatric kidney transplant patients have better long-term outcomes when their kidney comes from living, biologically unrelated donors compared to deceased donors? A new UC Davis Health study finds that… read more.
Although kidney transplantation is the most effective treatment for children with kidney failure, rejection of the transplanted organ by the recipient’s immune system is a major concern. Transplant… read more.
Organ transplant recipients take life-long immunosuppressive drugs to prevent their bodies from mounting an immune response against the donated organ, yet a substantial number of them still reject… read more.
A team of researchers at Western University is calling for an end to a long-held, strict policy of anonymity in organ donations, pushing for new legislation that will… read more.
Additional booster doses of vaccine against COVID-19 are particularly important for those who are immunosuppressed, namely those who have had solid organ transplants, a new study shows. The… read more.
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