'Stimulated' stem cells stop donor organ rejection
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 10:00
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a way to stimulate a rats stem cells after a liver transplant as a means of preventing rejection of the new organ without the need for lifelong immunosuppressant drugs. The need for anti-rejection medicines, which carry serious side effects, is a major obstacle to successful long-term transplant survival in people.