Glycopolymer Coating to Prevent Organ Rejection
September 21, 2021 | Terry Sharrer
From the University of British Columbia: “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. The polymer substantially diminished rejection of transplants in mice when tested. The discovery has the potential to eliminate the need for drugs — typically with serious side effects — on which transplant recipients rely to prevent their immune systems from attacking a new organ as a foreign object.” MORE
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