Vatican honors teen for adult stem cell treatment
April 11, 2013
The Vatican will honor 14-year old Elizabeth Lobato on Thursday, April 11, with one of four pontifical hero awards given to children and adults who benefit from adult stem cells or promote their use.
Elizabeth…
The Atlantic: A Chimeric Immune System: Fixing the Problem With Organ Transplant
April 17, 2012
Mar 19 2012, 3:59 PM ET
Mixing the stem cells of an organ recipient with those of the donor could help to keep the body’s picky immune system from rejecting transplants.
One of the greatest challenges…
National Institutes of Health (NIH) highlights NSCF-funded research
March 22, 2012
NIH Research Matters is a weekly update of NIH research highlights from the Office of Communications and Public Liaison, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health.
March 19, 2012: Organ Transplants Without Life-Long Drugs
A new…
BBC: Stem cell beats kidney rejection
March 8, 2012
An injection of stem cells given alongside a kidney transplant could remove the need for a lifetime of drugs to suppress the immune system, say scientists.
Early tests of the technique at US hospitals were…
Bloomberg: Stem Cells Let Kidney Transplant Patients Skip Rejection Drugs, Study Says
March 7, 2012
Kidney transplant patients given a mixture of stem cells from their organ donor were able to quit taking anti-rejection medicine in a small study, suggesting that life-long reliance on the toxic drugs may be…
Fox News: Stem cell research allows for mismatched kidney transplants
March 7, 2012
Donating a kidney may save a person’s life – but only if the conditions are precise.
Kidney donors must be related and immunologically matched to their donors – and even then, the recipient must take…
CTV News: Stem cells for kidney recipients
March 7, 2012
CTV News: Stem Cells for Kidney Recipients
Organ transplant recipients may not require anti-rejection medication in the future thanks to the power of stem cells. As Medical Specialist Avis Favaro reports, the cells can be…
MSNBC: Stem Cells Eliminate Need for Immunosuppressant Drugs
March 7, 2012
CHICAGO — Scientists have found a way to trick the immune system into accepting organs from a mismatched, unrelated organ donor, a finding that could help patients avoid a lifetime of drugs to prevent…
Huffington Post: Immune System Tricked To Accept Mismatched Organ
March 7, 2012
CHICAGO, March 7 (Reuters) – Scientists have found a way to trick the immune system into accepting organs from a mismatched, unrelated organ donor, a finding that could help patients avoid a lifetime of…
CNN: A glimpse into a life without immunosuppressant drugs
March 7, 2012
(CNN) — By the time Lindsay Porter had her kidneys removed two years ago, they were bulging — covered in cysts — and together weighed 16 pounds.
Her abdominal area was so distended, “I looked…