Sentences with phrase «of immune rejection»

What's more, because the new bone replacement comes from a patient's own body, there's no risk of immune rejection.

Their test also revealed evidence of dying β cells in the blood of people who had received islet cell transplants — a potential sign of immune rejection of the islets.

These stem cells, termed endometrial regenerative cells (ERCs), are not only harvested in a noninvasive manner and relatively readily available in large quantities, but they potentially overcome the problem of immune rejection in many female patients as well.

The cells were derived from eggs that had been injected with DNA from the patients, so they could eventually be transplanted back to replace or correct the patient's diseased cells without fear of immune rejection.

«Nonetheless,» says Boyd, «it's exciting to think that, if we can overcome the issues of immune rejection, the millions of people whose quality of life — if not life itself — is being compromised because of chronic diseases may all be treatable with the help of this technology.

Patients could benefit from having their own cells reprogrammed into ones that could help treat disease, potentially eliminating the prospect of immune rejection.

They are still discovering new mechanisms of immune rejection and debating which genetic changes to pigs are best.

If he could wipe all the cells from the phallus, or any other organ, he could then reseed it with cells taken directly from the intended recipient, virtually eliminating the possibility of an immune rejection.

The landmark achievement revives the hope of being able to generate new tissues using a patient's own cells, eliminating the risk of immune rejection.

Dark - brown T cells — a sign of immune rejection — invade tissue formed by iPS cells.

«This allows us to avoid the problem of immune rejection, which is a major complication in transplantation medicine.»

Essential to this process are induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can be created from a patient's own tissues, thus eliminating the risk of immune rejection.