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 ...

The noninvasive diagnosis of allograft rejection after heart transplantation may be on the horizon, according to findings ...

Humoral rejection is refractory to conventional high-dose corticosteroid pulse therapy and invariably requires the addition of depleting antibodies, either polyclonal antilymphocyte agents or OKT3.

Prompt diagnosis of acute kidney transplant rejection can improve the outcome of transplantation but it is dependent on the invasive procedure of allograft biopsy. In 29 March New England Journal of ...

Perioperative transfusion of blood products was not associated with worse clinical outcomes or allosensitization in a study of selected kidney transplant recipients. Perioperative blood transfusion ...

Researcher in lab Use of an assay that detects a novel urinary metabolite-based signature indicative of over-immunosuppression is among the innovative technologies being explored. Kidney biopsy ...

When a transplanted organ arrives, it’s like a controlled burn that risks becoming a wildfire. The body’s innate immune system senses damage signals, like heat shock proteins (HSP70), and sounds the ...

May 30 -- THURSDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with the anti-rejection drug sirolimus may lead to increased risk of diabetes in kidney transplant patients, say researchers who analyzed data ...

Over the weekend, CBS News reported that author and two-time heart transplant recipient Amy Silverstein had died—along with her healthy heart. This inevitability, announced by Silverstein herself in a ...