Sentences with phrase «cell transplantation procedures»

Research done by the Comparative Orthopaedics Laboratory allowed the continued application of cartilage cell transplantation to the human knee; by early 2004 over 10,000 cartilage cell transplantation procedures had been performed in the United States using techniques validated by the laboratory.

Likewise, enhanced cartilage cell transplantation procedures have benefited over 120 horses with acute joint injuries.

Not exact matches

Islet cell transplantation research in the UK The success of a novel islet transplantation procedure, called the «Edmonton protocol» was reported in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, 27 July 2000.

In a study recently published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, HSCI researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), in collaboration with Boston Children's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, have developed a non-toxic transplantation procedure using antibodies to specifically target blood stem cells in mice, an approach they hope will make blood stem cell transplants for these patients far less toxic.

«Proper blood cell production is dependent on functioning hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells that are destroyed during conditioning procedures for transplantation or following bone marrow injury,» said the study's first author Kevin A. Goncalves, who performed this research as part of his PhD studies in cellular and molecular physiology at the Sackler School.

Massive blood transfusions — defined as transfusing at least 10 units of red blood cells within 24 hours — are given to patients experiencing severe blood loss, often in response to traumatic injuries but also in the context of procedures like cardiovascular surgery or liver transplantation and even in some non-surgical patients.

Most patients undergoing stem cell transplantation are cared for in our dedicated unit for approximately one week before and two to three weeks after the procedure.

For Western blot assay and immunoprecipitation analysis, CD4 + T cells were isolated from mice spleen on day 21 after transplantation using a Mouse CD4 + T Cell Isolation Kit (Miltenyi Biotec), and the procedures were performed as described previously (35).

The Treatment: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) is an aggressive procedure which involves collecting stem cells from an...

For example, we're one of a handful of hospitals in the country to offer total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation (autologous islet cell transplantation), a procedure aimed at preventing diabetes or reducing its effects after removal of the pancreas due to pancreatitis.

Using a combination of half - match stem cells from a related donor and cord blood stem cells, haplo - cord transplant opens the option of transplantation to nearly all patients for whom the procedure was previously not available.

The 2011 paper «Tracheobronchial transplantation with a stem - cell - seeded bioartificial nanocomposite: a proof - of - concept study» described a first - of - its - kind procedure: A 36 - year - old man with recurrent tracheal cancer received an artificial airway seeded with his own stem cells.