Role of stem cell transplant procedures for blood cancer treatment
Results from four innovative studies help answer outstanding questions about stem cell transplant procedures in treating various hematologic malignancies. New ...
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Transplant tourism poses ethical dilemma for US doctors
Doctors have examined the ethical issues posed by transplant tourism, an offshoot of medical tourism, which focuses solely on transplantation ...
New data emerges on liver transplant survival rates
Researchers compared the outcomes of cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplants for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) versus alcoholic liver disease (ETOH) ...
First Mouse Lung Transplants Lay Groundwork For New Ways To Prevent Transplant Rejection In Humans
Lung transplants have been performed successfully for more than 20 years in humans but never before in mice -- until ...
Surgeons Save Two Lives With Domino Transplant
Transplant surgeons at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and UPMC have saved two patients with life-threatening liver conditions utilizing a technique ...
Organ Transplant Recipients Face Serious Kidney-failure Risk, Study Finds;
As if the ordeal of waiting for, receiving and living with an organ transplant weren't enough, a new study finds ...
New Procedure Makes Kidney Transplant An Option For Thousands On Waiting List
A team of Mayo Clinic kidney transplant specialists has developed a new kidney transplant procedure that could make transplants possible ...