Inequities in access to transplant are in part due to the nature and organization of the selection process. The limited organ supply and rising incidence of end-stage organ disease have resulted in a ...
A study has proved that it is possible to convert blood type safely in donor organs intended for transplantation. This finding is an important step towards creating universal type O organs, which ...
Suggested Citation: "5 Saving More Lives and Enhancing Equity with Deceased Donor Organ Allocation Policies." National Research Council. 2022. Realizing the Promise of Equity in the Organ ...
A nationwide debate is raging on about the U.S. organ transplant system: whether it’s the best one in the world or a mismanaged mess; whether it’s rooted in the latest technologies or stuck with ...
Organoids are three-dimensional, miniaturized, and simplified versions of organs produced in vitro from stem cells or organ-specific progenitor cells. They recapitulate key structural and functional ...
The morning of Nov. 28, 2018, calls were reaching transplant hospitals in Charleston; Nashville, Tenn.; and Charlotte, all with disastrous news: Physicians at each of the centers had just unknowingly ...
Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Despite the many individual successes of transplantation in the United States, key ...
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