Posts Tagged ‘transplantation’
Finding hope for patients with high antibodies in need of a kidney transplant
Finding hope for patients with high antibodies in need of a kidney transplant 20 September 2021 To mark Organ Donation Week, we have caught up with one of our researchers, Dr Siân Griffin, a consultant nephrologist in Cardiff, to find out how she is striving to improve the transplant options for patients with very high antibody levels. Certain antibodies can complicate kidney transplantation Antigens are molecules…
Read MoreGiving donor kidneys a boost so more transplants are possible
Giving donor kidneys a boost so more transplants are possible 22 October 2019 What is the problem? More than 5000 people are on the kidney transplant waiting list. Around half of all donor kidneys can’t be transplanted because they are not healthy enough, or doctors use ‘marginal’ kidneys of lower quality – but these are…
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