Not exact matches
Rapamycin is an immunosuppressant drug which can be used to help prevent
organ rejection
after transplantation.
At 10 years
after transplantation, the
organs from donors with unacceptable / high risk provided each recipient with more than 7 additional years of survival on average.
Organ and patient survival rates were not different at one and three years
after transplantation between the three groups.
Broadly suppressing the immune system
after lung
transplantation may inadvertently encourage
organ rejection, according to a new study in mice.
Patients with mostly IgG3 donor - specific HLA antibodies had a higher likelihood of
organ rejection soon
after transplantation.
Postoperative critical care systems have improved outcomes
after many types of
organ transplantation.
It is to be noted that all research other than Trivedi et al, has been carried out on BM derived MSC and all trials have been performed
after solid
organ transplantation.
Hyperimmunes are used to treat acute infections or prevent infection in immune compromised patients, such as
after organ transplantation.
In 1994, Schreiber and co-workers discovered that the proteins FKBP12 and mTOR are the simultaneous targets of the small molecule rapamycin, now approved for use as an immunosuppressant drug given to patients
after organ transplantations to help prevent rejection.
We performed histological examination of GVHD target
organs (liver, lung, small intestine, and colon) and the tongue, which served as a surrogate for skin damage (37), 4 wk
after transplantation.
That said — if prisoners, albeit ones condemned to death, do give their consent informed and freely to the use of their
organs for
transplantation after death, or indeed an impoverished Indian peasant, who is unable to support his wife and large family, consents to the donation for cash of eg a kidney, and this money will guarantee the family's life and future — can such autonomous action be regarded as unethical and should it be outlawed?