After an organ transplant, you will need to take immunosuppressant (anti-rejection) drugs. These drugs help prevent your immune system from attacking ("rejecting") the donor organ. Typically ...

Liver transplant is a lifesaving surgery, but a significant number of patients experience organ rejection or other ...

Liver transplant is a lifesaving surgery, but a significant number of patients experience organ rejection or other ...

Now, in a state of rejection, it seems their time together is ending. So Leila has begun preparing to go through the arduous journey again. When a person receives a transplanted organ, the body's ...

This extra time could enable physicians to intervene sooner, reducing the risk of organ rejection. "If rejection is detected early, physicians can deliver anti-rejection therapies to improve the ...

Organ transplants save lives, but unfortunately rejection is a key hurdle. Now scientists have demonstrated a potential new way to prime a recipient’s immune system to accept a transplanted ...

In addition to being faster and less invasive than a traditional tissue biopsy, the blood test is also potentially more ...

Organ recipients who get sick can become severely ill. Their body may even reject the new organ, so it is important to see a doctor for any signs of infection such as a fever. Recipients must take ...

Consequently, "the body's protective mechanism is to reject the [donated] organ because it is foreign," Kadambi added.

The tiny, paper-thin implant appears to provide early, accurate, real-time warning of organ rejection, according to a new study. The ultrathin soft implant sits directly on a transplanted kidney ...

Consequently, "the body's protective mechanism is to reject the [donated] organ because it is foreign," Kadambi added. Transplant patients are usually prescribed immunosuppressive drugs ...