Breakthrough in building functional synthetic kidneys using assembloids
A USC Stem Cell-led research team has achieved a major step forward in the effort to build mouse…
Genetically-engineered immune cells show promise for preventing organ rejection
A Medical University of South Carolina team reports in Frontiers in Immunology that it has engineered a new…
A second chance at life sees siblings represent Australia at World Transplant Games
The bond between siblings, 18-year-old Emma and 20-year-old Jacob Evans, is incredibly strong, forged from a life filled…
Targeted microglia replacement shows promise against fatal neurodegenerative conditions
Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff diseases, genetic disorders affecting the brain, have no effective treatment and are typically fatal within…
Many patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes do not receive guideline-recommended treatment
Most patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) do not receive guideline-recommended treatment with hypomethylating agents (HMAs), according to…
Fecal transplant may cut infections in long-term care patients
Doctors tested fecal transplants from donor gut bacteria in frail hospital patients. Could this be the next tool…
Woman says faecal transplant saved her and could help many more like her
As the blender blitzed and Jane Dudley prepared for a radical procedure, the concept of being at the…
From patient to scientist: Local mum’s remarkable turnaround
At just 23, Jessica McCourt was diagnosed with stage 4 chronic kidney disease, with the young mum’s health…