Immunology
Microgel immuno-acceptance method could improve pancreatic islet transplant success
Pancreatic islet transplants, which revive insulin production to treat type 1 diabetes, only last an average of three years.
Aug 31, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 following organ transplantation
A research team from the University Hospital at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has developed a test that provides information on the immune response to the novel coronavirus in patients who need to take immunosuppressive ...
Aug 17, 2020
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Surgery
Woman is 1st in US to get 2nd face transplant
For the second time in a decade, a New Hampshire woman has a new face.
Aug 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Transplant patient recovers from COVID-19 after receiving donated plasma
Ayear after his successful lung transplant, Edgardo Diaz, 30, found himself back in the hospital with COVID-19. Feverish and with failing kidneys, his condition quickly became critical.
Jun 30, 2020
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Medical research
A novel radioisotope therapy for children with neuroblastoma
Researchers from Kanazawa University retrospectively analyzed children with refractory or relapsed high-risk neuroblastoma who were treated with high-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine at Kanazawa University Hospital. They ...
Jun 19, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
We may be safer now from coronavirus than we were three months ago, but we're not totally safe
With social distancing guidelines and mandates mostly lifted, people have begun to head back to beaches, parks and restaurants in many parts of the U.S. But you may ask: What's so different now compared to the situation ...
Jun 4, 2020
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Surgery
In a molecule, researchers see potential to help organ transplants thrive
Scientists have made great strides in increasing success rates for organ transplants—at least through the first year after surgery. But a lingering long-term response of the recipient's immune system tends to erode the ...
May 28, 2020
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Immunology
Immune system discovery could end chronic organ rejection
Chronic rejection of transplanted organs is the leading cause of transplant failure, and one that the field of organ transplantation has not overcome in almost six decades since the advent of immunosuppressive drugs enabled ...
May 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Kidney transplant patients at high risk of fatal COVID-19
Because people who receive a donor kidney are often on immune-suppressing medications, they're at extremely high risk of dying if COVID-19 strikes, a new report warns.
May 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Are immune-compromised kids at greater risk from COVID-19?
(HealthDay)—One of the few bright spots in the COVID-19 pandemic has been the perception that children are mostly spared from its worst effects. But what about kids already at risk of contracting serious infections due ...
Apr 21, 2020
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