POSTS TAGGED AS organ transplantation

Wearable Ultrasound Device Measures Stiffness in Transplanted Organs

This ultrasound sticker senses changing stiffness of deep internal organs
“In this study, we [at MIT} introduce wearable bioadhesive ultrasound elastography [MORE]

Ageing Blood for Organ Transplants

Extended RBC storage linked to reduced risk of transplant failure in kidney transplant recipients
“In this study, longer RBC storage duration [MORE]

Valproic Acid in Preserving Transplantable Hearts

Valproic acid, an old seizure drug, sees new potential in preserving donor hearts
“In a study published Feb. 8 in Science [MORE]

Growing Mini Livers in Lymph Nodes

Clinical trial will have patients grow multiple mini-livers internally
“Rather than replacing the liver, the technique would involve growing entirely new [MORE]

“Molecular Scissors” Change Blood Type from B to O for Organ Donations

 
Cambridge researchers change donor kidney blood type
University of Cambridge researchers “used a normothermic perfusion machine – a device which connects [MORE]

Nanoparticles to Prevent Transplanted Organ Rejection

A microscopic image of endothelial cells treated with drug-loaded nanoparticles
Preventing organ rejection because of an immune response to a transplant [MORE]

Perspective on HLA Testing

Brief History of HLA Testing in the Clinical Laboratory
“To date, HLA has been primarily thought of as a group of [MORE]

Glycopolymer Coating to Prevent Organ Rejection

Drs. Siren and Kizhakkedathu in the lab at UBC’s Centre for Blood Research
From the University of British Columbia: “Researchers have [MORE]

Lab Grown “Mini-Bile Ducts” for Liver Regeneration

Lab-grown mini bile ducts
“The research [from the University of Cambridge] paves the way for cell therapies to treat liver disease [MORE]

Blood Test Better than Tissue Biopsy in Predicting Transplant Rejection

Liquid biopsy to detect acute heart transplant rejection
From the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s Laboratory of Applied Precision Omics: [MORE]

Organoids in Infectious Disease Research

Organoid applications
In 2009, Hans Clevers in The Netherlands first reported a method for growing and expanding human adult stem cell-derived [MORE]

CRISPR for Diagnostics

Urine testing based on CRISPR–Cas13
In this report from a collaboration between American and German biomedical researchers, “we show that a [MORE]

Urine Test for Transplant Rejection

T cell granzyme B attacks organ cell
To determine if rejection of a transplanted organ is beginning, researchers at Emory University [MORE]

Biomarkers of Organ Rejection

Kidney Transplantation
Possibly the best Christmas present ever was when Ronald Herrick donated a kidney to his brother, Richard, on Dec. [MORE]