What’s new in lung transplantation
by Professor John Dark (pictured) – In contrast with that other thoracic organ the heart, activity and optimism in the pulmonary field are both increasing. Contemporay outcomes for… read more.
by Professor John Dark (pictured) – In contrast with that other thoracic organ the heart, activity and optimism in the pulmonary field are both increasing. Contemporay outcomes for… read more.
Now in its twenty-first year, the Medawar Medal continues to reward excellence and innovation among young scientists and doctors in honour of Sir Peter Medawar, Nobel Laureate and… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Miriam Manook et al, Guy’s Hospital, London. Adequate training of transplant surgeons is essential for good clinical outcomes. Although surgical… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Robert Lechler, King’s College Hospital, London. Understanding how a transplant recipient’s immune system recognises the alloantigens that trigger rejection is… read more.
by Maria Dalby – The Ethics Symposium at this year’s BTS Annual Congress was held in a highly interactive format and dealt with the ethical aspects of particularly… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Lori West, University of Alberta, Toronto, Canada and Andrew Burroughs, Royal Free Hospital, London. ABO-incompatible transplantation is already a clinical… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Dave Collett, Donation Advisory Group, NHS Blood and Transplant. Patient survival is by far the most important outcome in any… read more.
by Maria Dalby – The introduction of the NHSBT National Pancreas Allocation Scheme in December 2010 has helped to reduce the waiting time for whole pancreas or islet… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by José Ramón Nuñez, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. A nation-wide protocol for retrieving organs after cardiac death outside the… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Kerri Barber, Bowel Advisory Group, NHS Blood and Transplant. Intestinal transplantation activity is low compared with other solid organ transplantation… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Peter Friend, University of Oxford. Pancreas transplantation for the treatment of diabetes can be said to be unique amongst transplantations… read more.
by Maria Dalby – Introduction – Recent advances in transplant medicine and surgery mean more lives can be saved or prolonged with an organ transplantation, but also that… read more.
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