Biopsies of renal transplants taken within one hour after completion of vascular anastomoses revealed, in seven of 132 cases, the accumulation of large numbers of polymorphonuclear leukocytes within ...

The course of three patients indicated that both types of reaction, Shwartzman and Arthus-like, can occur in hyperacute rejection of human-kidney allografts and that the late histologic appearances ...

Rejection was avoided for a few days using novel protocols. A pioneering technique has led to conversion of a human blood type-A donor kidney to type-O for transplantation into a type-O patient with ...

Transplantation of organs or tissues between genetically nonidentical individuals of the same species (and different species) is plagued by rejection and its associated problems. "Foreignness" is ...

On Thursday, January 20, 2022, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine announced the first peer-reviewed research outlining the successful transplant of ...

Download the MP3 audio version of this story here. The Explainer now has its own free daily podcast; click here to learn more. The Frenchwoman who received a historic face transplant in November ...

Two reports on the knockout of one allele of the α1,3-galactosyltransferase gene in pigs bring us one step closer to the transplantation of pig organs into people. The α1,3GT gene encodes an enzyme ...

Cornerstone International Group’s Göran Jansson compared hiring an executive search firm to getting a liver transplant. As he put it, most avoid transplants if they can. But when they need one, they ...