News tagged with transplant rejection
Researchers develop implantable, bioengineered rat kidney (w/ video)
Bioengineered rat kidneys developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators successfully produced urine both in a laboratory apparatus and after being transplanted into living animals. In their ...
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Apr 14, 2013 |
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Will cell therapy become a 'third pillar' of medicine?
Treating patients with cells may one day become as common as it is now to treat the sick with drugs made from engineered proteins, antibodies or smaller chemicals, according to UC San Francisco researchers. They outlined ...
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Apr 03, 2013 |
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Researchers first to use common virus to 'fortify' adult stem cells
Using the same strategy that a common virus employs to evade the human immune system, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine have modified adult stem cells to increase their ...
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Apr 01, 2013 |
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Transplanted brain cells in monkeys light up personalized therapy
For the first time, scientists have transplanted neural cells derived from a monkey's skin into its brain and watched the cells develop into several types of mature brain cells, according to the authors of ...
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Mar 14, 2013 |
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Antibody response linked with rejection in pediatric kidney transplant recipients
A transplanted kidney has a finite life expectancy because it often becomes the target of the recipient's immune system, which may mount antibodies that attack the organ. Because there is a critical need to extend the life ...
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Feb 28, 2013 |
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Promising breakthrough for transplant patients
A team led by Dr. Marie-Josée Hébert from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) has discovered a new cause of organ rejection in some kidney transplant patients. Her team has identified a new class ...
Surgery
Feb 27, 2013 |
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Argentine woman gives birth after heart transplant
In what doctors Tuesday said was a medical first, an Argentine woman with a transplanted heart gave birth to a baby girl following an in vitro fertilization.
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Jan 29, 2013 |
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Soldier looks forward to driving with new arms (Update)
A U.S. soldier who lost all four limbs in a roadside bombing in Iraq says he's looking forward to driving and swimming with new arms after undergoing a double-arm transplant.
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Jan 29, 2013 |
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Despite success, demand low for hand transplants
A year after a young amputee left the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with transplanted hands and forearms, the lead surgeon calls her progress "nothing less than spectacular."
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Dec 17, 2012 |
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Loss of gene expression may trigger cardiovascular disease, researchers find
(Medical Xpress)—A Yale-led team of researchers has uncovered a genetic malfunction that may lead to hardening of the arteries and other forms of cardiovascular disease. The study appears in the journal Cell Reports.
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Nov 30, 2012 |
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Low levels of donor-specific antibodies increase risks for transplant recipients
Kidney transplant recipients who have even very low levels of preformed antibodies directed against a donated kidney have a significantly increased risk of organ rejection and kidney failure, according to a study appearing ...
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Nov 15, 2012 |
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Drug trio improved effectiveness of cancer treatment, protected heart
Combining cancer medication with a drug for erectile dysfunction and one for heart transplants helped kill cancer cells and protected the heart from damage, in a study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific ...
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Nov 06, 2012 |
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Kidney grafts function longer in Europe than in the United States
Kidney transplants performed in Europe are considerably more successful in the long run than those performed in the United States. While the one-year survival rate is 90% in both Europe and the United States, after five years, ...
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Oct 12, 2012 |
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Single gene variant in donors may affect survival of transplanted kidneys
A single genetic variant in kidney donors' cells may help determine whether their transplanted organs will survive long term, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Ne ...
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Oct 11, 2012 |
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MRI images transplanted islet cells with help of positively charged nanoparticles
In a study to investigate the detection by MRI of six kinds of positively-charged magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles designed to help monitor transplanted islet cells, a team of Japanese researchers found that the charged ...
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Oct 01, 2012 |
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