Acute Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is a life-threatening complication after leukemia treatment with allogeneic stem cell transplantation, i.e. the transplantation of cells from another person. GvHD occurs when the transplanted immune…
Three abstracts highlight the safety and efficacy of briquilimab combined with low-toxicity radiation conditioning to achieve full donor engraftment and leukemia disease eradication Data demonstrates that briquilimab is safe and…
A quarter-sized device created at Houston Methodist could drastically alter the course of treatment for Type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition that impacts millions of Americans and does not have a cure.
In a study published in the Dec. 26…
Pune, India, Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global transplantation market size was valued at USD 12.11 billion in 2021 and USD 14.37 billion in 2022. It is projected to reach USD 27.18 billion by 2029 at a CAGR of 9.5% during the…
Demand for donor livers for transplant patients outstrips supply with over 15% of waitlist patients dying after a year. A new international study offers support for increasing the use of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in Western…
Conventional wisdom holds that low protein intake is essential for kidney disease patients. However, scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University demonstrated that it might not always be the case with their recent study on the relationship…
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a decrease in transplantation in 2020, according to a study published in the July 1 issue of the American Journal of Surgery.Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, M.D.,…
New York, United States, Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global increase in the demand for organs for transplant can be attributed to increasing incidences of acute diseases, which in turn results in an increase in the number of…
MIAMI, Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fortress Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIO) (“Fortress”), an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on efficiently acquiring, developing and commercializing or monetizing promising therapeutic…