December 2011

9th December 2011 / Last updated : 9th December 2011 Peter Morris Clinical trials

Successful transplantation of a tracheobronchial airway

This fascinating report appeared in the Lancet on line in the last couple of weeks (Jungebluth et al Nov 24, 2011). This is a single case report from a team led by Paolo Macchiarini who three years ago reported the first tissue engineered tracheal transplantation with a non immunogenic scaffold of allogeneic human donor trachea […]

9th December 2011 / Last updated : 9th December 2011 Peter Morris Clinical trials

Interleukin-2 and regulatory T cells

In the December 1st issue of the New England Journal of Medicine are two very interesting reports. The first from Koreth et al (2011; 365:2055-66) has studied the use of low dose interleukin-2 (IL-2) in chronic graft versus host disease following allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for haematologic cancer that was resistant to steroid therapy. […]

7th December 2011 / Last updated : 7th December 2011 Simon Knight Clinical trials

December Transplant Trial Watch now online

The December edition of the Transplant Trial Watch is now available on the CET website. This month, ten new important trials in the fields of Renal and Hepatic transplantation are listed and assessed for quality.