All Posts: organ rejection

• New Blood Test Holds Potential to Reduce Liver Transplant Failures

  A new study by scientists from Georgetown University and MedStar Health describes how a single blood sample can be used to catch problems with liver transplants at the earliest stages, allowing tailored treatment to prevent the organ’s failure.

  Category: News Release Tags: liquid biopsy, liver transplant, organ rejection, organ transplant, research

• Eliminating the Need for Anti-Rejection Drugs for Transplant Recipients

  (January 9, 2022) — Courtney Howard, 43, needed a kidney transplant to save her life and be cured of hereditary polycystic kidney disease. While she knew the kidney transplant was inevitable, what she did not know is that her sister Shannon Walker, who had vowed to provide that kidney when it was needed, would also […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: immunotherapy, organ rejection, organ transplant, research