A new NIST standard for more accurate diagnoses of JC virus
A new NIST Standard Reference Material supports the accurate measurement of the amount of a common but potentially dangerous virus in patients.
Jul 20, 2022
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A new NIST Standard Reference Material supports the accurate measurement of the amount of a common but potentially dangerous virus in patients.
Jul 20, 2022
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US doctors announced Thursday they had successfully performed a double lung transplant on a patient with terminal lung cancer, giving new hope to others who also are in advanced stages of the deadly disease.
Mar 24, 2022
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Heart transplantation can be a lifesaving operation for patients with end-stage heart failure. However, many patients experience organ transplant rejection, in which the immune system begins attacking the transplanted organ. ...
Mar 21, 2022
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Acute rejection of a transplanted organ by the recipient's immune system remains one of the leading causes of pediatric heart transplant failure. While there have been vast improvements in the practice over time, significant ...
Nov 15, 2021
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Researchers from the University of Sydney and Monash University have made a significant discovery that uncovers what is happening at the molecular level when an organ transplant is recognized as foreign by the immune system.
Nov 8, 2021
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An electronic "nose" is capable of detecting with 86% accuracy when a lung transplant is beginning to fail, according to research presented at the 'virtual' European Respiratory Society International Congress today.
Sep 7, 2021
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A cohort study found that class I HLA evolutionary divergence (HED) of the donor predicts acute or chronic rejection of a liver transplant. This prognostic marker can be found rapidly at no additional cost and has the potential ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Researchers have found a way to reduce organ rejection following a transplant by using a special polymer to coat blood vessels on the organ to be transplanted.
Aug 9, 2021
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A new research project aims to use personalized anti-rejection medication to reduce the health risks that organ transplant patients experience following surgery.
Aug 9, 2021
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A new technique that can trace which tissues and organs the DNA in our blood comes from has been reported today in the open-access eLife journal.
Mar 23, 2021
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