NIH-funded research project develops new method to preserve human livers for transplantation Scientists have greatly extended the amount of time human livers can be stored for transplantatio... Read more
Using sugar, silicone and a 3-D printer, a team of bioengineers at Rice University and surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania have created an implant with an intricate network of blood v... Read more
Scientists say they are a step closer to growing fully functioning replacement kidneys, after promising results in animals. When transplanted into pigs and rats, the kidneys worked, passing... Read more
Experimental technique used to create whole organs appears feasible for creation of complex tissues A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has made the first steps towa... Read more
There are a number of hurdles to overcome and we haven’t yet trialed the nanoneedles in humans, but we think they have enormous potential for helping the body to repair itself. – Professor M... Read more
DNA molecules provide the “source code” for life in humans, plants, animals and some microbes. But now researchers report an initial study showing that the strands can also act a... Read more
The technology for creating new tissues from stem cells has taken a giant leap forward. Two tablespoons of blood are all that is needed to grow a brand new blood vessel in just seven days. T... Read more
Scientists believe they can develop drugs which will stop organs failing meaning a transplant isn’t necessary A scientific breakthrough into the way human tissue is left scarred could... Read more
What sounds like a dream of the future has already been the subject of research for a few years: simply printing out tissue and organs. Now scientists have further refined the technology and... Read more
Researchers at Lund University have unexpectedly discovered that an old cancer drug can be used to prevent rejection of transplanted tissue. The researchers now have high hopes that their di... Read more
Donor organ allocation policy could be changed to nearly eliminate waitlist mortality for children —without additional risk to adult recipients. Split liver transplantation carries no increa... Read more
Animal-to-human transplant of insulin-producing cells without use of drugs is ultimate goal In the first step toward animal-to-human transplants of insulin-producing cells for people with ty... Read more
In a world first, a donated human liver has been ‘kept alive’ outside a human being and then successfully transplanted into a patient in need of a new liver. So far the procedure... Read more
There are approximately 105,000 people currently on the waiting list for solid organ transplant in the United States. 18 of those people die every day. These deaths are due entirely to the f... Read more
Living a life that most transplant recipients dream of New ongoing research published March 7 in the journal Science Translational Medicine suggests organ transplant recipients may not requi... Read more
