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COVID-19 affects transplant recipients differently, possible therapeutic approach suggested

Recipients of liver transplants who contracted COVID-19 recovered faster with less severe inflammation than heart or kidney transplant recipients, and some even did better than non-transplant patients, according to a study conducted at Hospital das Clínicas (HC), the hospital complex run by the University of São Paulo’s Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil. An article describing […]

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Stem cell transplant reviewed for peripheral T-cell lymphoma

(HealthDay)—For patients with refractory or relapsed peripheral T-cell lymphoma (R/R-PTCL), three- and five-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) are similar with allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), but transplant-related mortality (TRM) is higher with allogeneic HSCT, according to a review published online May 27 in JAMA Network Open. Jun Du, M.D., […]

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Deep Learning model to maximize lifespan after liver transplant

Researchers from University Health Network have developed and validated an innovative deep learning model to predict a patient’s long-term outcome after receiving a liver transplant. First of its kind in the field of Transplantation, this model is the result from a collaboration between the Ajmera Transplant Centre and Peter Munk Cardiac Centre. The study, published […]

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Flow Cytometry May Improve Transplant Outcomes

A team of researchers at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research, in New South Wales, Australia, has established a technique for helping to improve transplant outcomes for patients with diabetes undergoing islet transplantation. Image Credit: Image Point Fr/Shutterstock.com The findings of their study, which they published in the scientific journal, PLOS ONE, last May, outlines […]

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Pioneering hair transplant therapy gets Government green light

Government gives green light for firm to BANK people’s frozen hair follicles for pioneering transplant therapy to combat baldness A company has been given permission by the Human Tissue Authority  Cells within the follicles can be multiplied in the lab and stored for future use The cells are injected back into the scalp to produce […]

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Poo transplant effective treatment for chronic bowel condition

Poo transplant or “Faecal microbiota transplantation” (FMT) can successfully treat patients with ulcerative colitis, new research from the University of Adelaide shows. The randomised, double-blind study—published in the journal JAMA – was a collaboration between the University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), CSIRO and CALHN (SA Health). It involved 73 […]