Science news articles about 'transplant experts'

... bone marrow transplant experts is recommending a significant change to current transplant practice for patients ... who receive cells from an unrelated donor. It occurs when the transplanted cells recognize the recipient's tissues as foreign ...

... Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In April 2008, The Transplantation Society and International Society of Nephrology convened ... the world to address unethical practices related to transplantation. Practices include organ trafficking (the illicit ...

... in the two groups. "Based on these findings, we feel that patients and transplant experts anticipating a preemptive kidney ... loss of survival advantage associated with a preemptive transplant," said Dr. Javaid. The researchers did note ...

... 's disease can progress, notes bone marrow transplant expert Ephraim Fuchs, M.D ... . Fuchs anticipates that haploidentical bone marrow transplants may be tested more widely in nonmalignant diseases, such as aplastic ...

In a rare foray into social engineering, Facebook announced a plan to encourage users to list their donor status on their pages, a move that organ transplant experts are calling historic.

Experts say bureaucracy and inefficiencies result in a system of medical rationing for organ donations that is costing lives.