In a mouse model of kidney transplantation, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh discovered a type of immune cell that drives chronic organ transplant failure and discovered pathways that could be therapeutically targeted to enhance patient outcomes. The findings were reported in the journal Science Immunology.
University of Pittsburgh researchers have identified a type of immune cell that drives chronic organ transplant failure in a mouse model of kidney transplantation and uncovered pathways that could be therapeutically targeted to improve patient outcomes.
The generosity of a U.S. Marine from Florida helped save the life of a Tamaqua woman just months ago, as he donated part of his liver to her in an Oct. 17 transplant at the University of Pittsburgh Me.