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Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think: Who's behind it and how it could be controlled
Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news.
Jun 28, 2023
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Human organs for transplant: Five steps Africa must take to improve the supply chain
Medical science has made tremendous advancements over the past 70 years. One of these is the transplant of human organs from one person to another. The first transplant—a kidney—was in the US in 1954.
Jun 23, 2023
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Immunology
New study shows antibody responses typically equalize over time, but some patients could be left behind
A new analysis by Cedars-Sinai investigators is furthering the scientific community's understanding of COVID-19 immunity by showing that similar levels of COVID-19 antibodies are reached over an extended period of time in ...
Jan 10, 2023
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Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage
The ghostly form floating in a large jar had been the robust reddish-brown of a healthy organ just hours before. Now it's semitranslucent, white tubes like branches on a tree showing through.
Dec 27, 2022
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Medical research
From ALS treatment to a historic transplant: The biggest medical breakthroughs of 2022
When COVID-19 arrived in the United States, it was all hands on deck. The country's brightest scientific minds dropped whatever they were doing to join the effort against SARS-CoV-2, developing novel vaccines and treatments ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Cardiology
Immunosuppressive regimens after a heart transplant can hamper good therapeutic progressions in fibrosis
The Yoshinori Yoshida laboratory reports the generation of a platform of human heart organoids derived from iPS cells, which they use to test new therapeutic alternatives on cardiac fibrosis. Their study is published in Frontiers ...
Nov 15, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Experimental monoclonal antibodies show promise against Epstein-Barr virus
A panel of investigational monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting different sites of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) blocked infection when tested in human cells in a laboratory setting. Moreover, one of the experimental mAbs ...
Oct 27, 2022
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High-tech lab aids testing for monkeypox, other diseases
Nigeria's Oligo synthesizer laboratory, the first in West Africa, could be a game changer in tackling emerging and re-emerging diseases in the region if harnessed to its full potential, laboratory scientists have said.
Sep 27, 2022
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The COVID-19 pandemic's effect on solid organ transplantation
Solid organ transplants—heart, lung, liver, and kidney—are resource-intensive operations that require patients to take immunosuppressive drugs after the procedure to keep the body from rejecting the new organ.
Aug 16, 2022
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Pediatric kidney transplant patients fare better when kidney is from live donor
Do pediatric kidney transplant patients have better long-term outcomes when their kidney comes from living, biologically unrelated donors compared to deceased donors?
Aug 16, 2022
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