Advances

Advances in CAR-T cell therapy One of the biggest medical developments of the past decade is chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) cell therapy. This is a type of immunotherapy that manipulates …

Vivian Williams: Organ transplantation has made great strides in the past few decades. Let's take heart transplantation as an example. Previously, only people under the age of 50 could undergo …

He said new technologies such as thoracic-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (NRP), which allows organs to continue to be perfused at room temperature inside the donor, can help extend the time …

Recovery and future impacts Mia's heart transplant and Brooklyn's partial heart transplant went smoothly. Both patients have been discharged from the hospital and are doing well since their surgery. “Babies …

Since its inception, the lung transplant program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has performed organ transplants on more than 1,600 patients. But as one of the oldest and most experienced centers in …

New tools to monitor recurrence An essential new tool being incorporated into this process is a test called a liquid biopsy, which differs from a tissue biopsy in that it …

The European Society of Nephrology (ERA) will hold the 61st ERA Congress in Stockholm, Sweden. Themed “Rethinking Kidney Health, Transforming Kidney Care”, the conference features a packed programme of sessions …

The growing burden of alcohol use disorders and alcohol-related liver disease While previous studies have documented disparities in liver transplants overall, disparities in liver transplants for ALD are less clear, …

Costa J, Shah L, Robbins H, Raza K, Sreekandth S, Arcasoy S, Sonett JR, D'Ovidio F. Use of donated lung allografts after cardiac deceased donors: a single-center experience. True story …

Pushing the boundaries with translational research in liver transplantation As important as treatment expertise, the NewYork-Presbyterian Liver Transplant Team is working on clinical trials exploring liver transplant tolerance, minimizing and …