«In mice, memory T cells are critical for a lung transplant to have a good outcome,» said co-corresponding author Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD, a Washington University
lung transplant surgeon at Barnes - Jewish Hospital.
The project has been a highly collaborative one, says Vunjak - Novakovic, whose team included three biomedical engineers,
a lung transplant surgeon, and a pulmonologist: «This study is truly emblematic of how biomedical research is conducted at Columbia University.»
Not exact matches
He advocated widespread use of these immunosuppressants, and because of these drugs, the number of
transplants has grown every year for the past several decades; in 2005
surgeons performed 28,107
transplants of the kidney, liver, pancreas, heart,
lung and intestine, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.
«We have assembled a great team of
transplant surgeons and researchers here so we can offer patients in critical need of a
lung transplant the highest level of care, with the expectation of the best possible outcomes for them,» said Paul Noble, MD, director of the Women's Guild Lung Institute at Cedars - Sinai and chair of the Department of Medic
lung transplant the highest level of care, with the expectation of the best possible outcomes for them,» said Paul Noble, MD, director of the Women's Guild
Lung Institute at Cedars - Sinai and chair of the Department of Medic
Lung Institute at Cedars - Sinai and chair of the Department of Medicine.
In 2016, UT Southwestern
transplant surgeons performed the first
lung transplant in Texas using donated
lungs treated with then - new technology known as ex-vivo
lung perfusion.
Our highly experienced team of thoracic
surgeons, pulmonologists, and anesthesiologists have cared for hundreds of
lung transplant patients.»