Advances in Organ Transplantation

Supercooling livers. [Photo credit: Jeffrey Andree (MGH photography department), Dr. Reinier de Vries, and Dr. Korkut Uygun.]

Organ transplantation has become an established and life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage organ failure. However, patients still face constraints when it comes to access to transplantation, as well as its efficacy. To address these limitations, a variety of emerging technologies are focused on either maximizing the availability of organs or minimizing the immune response to donor organs. These arms of research are complementary and may, in the future, be used together to save and improve the lives of organ transplant patients.

Read my latest for IEEE Pulse: Overcoming Challenges in Organ Transplantation.