Surgical Procedures, Operative: News and Research on Transplantation

MeSH tree: E04.936

A new approach to kidney matching could save lives

Although more than 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list in the U.S., thousands of donated kidneys are discarded each year, often because they're slightly older, with fewer years of remaining function.

New gene discovery could help identify better stem cell donors

Research from stem cell charity Anthony Nolan, published in Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, has revealed that 1 in 50 people studied has an "especially useful" gene variant that could make them a particularly desirable ...

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