New research shows that older donor organs accelerate aging in recipients, but treating these organs with Senolytics can mitigate these effects. This finding is key…
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Donated hearts play a critical role in saving the lives of individuals with severe heart disease. Heart transplants can offer a new lease on life…
Illustration of organ perfusion and cellular recovery with OrganEx technology. The cell-saving blood analog is delivered to vital organs one hour after death. Credit: Marin…
Researchers in Japan have generated a kidney-like 3D tissue, consisting of extensively branched tubules, from cultured mouse embryonic stem cells. Credit: Dr. Shunsuke Tanigawa A…
UAB announces first clinical-grade transplant of gene-edited pig kidneys into brain-dead human. The study was designed and conducted to meet standards directly comparable to those…
Successful Xenotransplantation Surgery: Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney Transplanted to Human Body
During a 54-hour observation period after the transplant, Dr. Montgomery and his team tested the kidney tissue and monitored urine production and creatinine levels. All…
Blood vessels in mouse kidneys were coated with a special polymer, which helped prevent the recipient mouse’s immune system from rejecting them after a transplant.…
Human Chest Cavity illustration: Right lung, left lung, heart. Credit: Copyright American Heart Association Tragically, the opioid epidemic has led to an increase in accidental…
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have shown that three doses of vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — increase antibody levels more than…
The death prediction and physiology after removal of therapy study (DePPaRT study) A new international study, led by Dr. Sonny Dhanani of the CHEO Research…