Richard Taubert Individualized immunosuppression after liver transplantation Long-term survival beyond the first year after liver transplantation has hardly improved in the last 30-40 years. More patients [...] and the presence of antibodies directed against the transplant. These biopsies provide information about inflammation and scarring in the transplant, which to date cannot be detected accurately enough [...] now been accepted for publication in the high-ranking "American Journal of Transplantation" (Saunders et al. Am J Transplant. 2021 Aug 28. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16817). This first safety assessment indicates

euros over 36 months. B cells form antibodies against the transplant "The humoral immune response by certain B cells, which recognise the transplant as foreign, is largely responsible for the rejection," [...] donated organ after transplantation," emphasises Professor Dr Britta Eiz-Vesper, immunologist at the Institute and expert in immunotherapies. Therapeutic potential not only for transplant medicine In preliminary [...] widespread variants for transplantation." The aim is to soon build up a CORA T-cell bank with the most common HLA variants and then make these available to patients for customised transplants. "This approach would

MHH Transplant Centre mourns the loss of Egbert Trowe Involved in the Patient Advisory Board of the Transplant Centre Egbert Trowe. Copyright: Bettina Bandel/MHH The Transplant Centre at Hannover Medical [...] and projects for patient participation at the MHH - far beyond his activities in the Transplant Centre. The Transplant Centre is proud to have Egbert Trowe as a founding member of the Patient Advisory Board [...] Board . There he has contributed his voice and set the tone. The MHH Transplant Centre will honor Egbert Trowe's memory. To pay tribute to the MHH .

Medicine and Transplant Engineering All research at the Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Engineering is designated to biotechnology approaches in organ and stem cell transplantation to combat [...] Constanca @ mh-hannover.de Transplant Inflammation Management This area of research focuses on the principal mechanisms of inflammation in various clinical and experimental transplant settings. Understanding [...] systems for application in pre- and post-transplant management strategies. This approach includes the detection of hidden or delayed immune reactions post-transplantation. These reactions are mainly conveyed

routine transplantation procedures in allogeneic as well as in xenogeneic organ transplantation. Treg-based therapies for immune regulation after solid organ transplantation Solid organ transplantation is the [...] advanced Treg-based therapies to enhance solid organ transplant outcomes. Our research demonstrates that precisely targeted Tregs can protect transplanted organs without the debilitating side effects of c [...] remains a challenge. Maintenance therapy is mandatory after organ transplantations. Immunosuppressive drugs are crucial for preventing transplant rejection in solid organ recipients. Nevertheless, these pha

wife a year after his transplant At the beginning of March 2004, my phone rang in the morning. A physician from the MHH was on the line. "Come to the Clinical Department. Your transplant is on its way. You [...] family. Until the phone call came. On the move: Burghard W. 20 years after his transplant. Copyright: private After the transplant, I was in the MHH for about six weeks. During this time, I regained most of [...] check-ups provided by the liver transplant outpatient clinic at the MHH. In the Clinical Department, I learned how to adjust the medication. To prevent the transplanted organ from being rejected by the

committee Organigram of the Transplant Centre Copyright: MHH/Transplant Centre The Steering Committee is responsible for the strategic direction and further development of the Transplant Centre. It is made up [...] Schmelzle (Clinical Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery ) Deputy: Prof. Dr. Rainer Blasczyk (Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Transplant Engineering) Prof. Dr. Dieter Haffner (Clinical [...] up of nine medical directors from the Clinical Departments and Institutes involved in organ transplantation, as well as a senior nurse. The Steering Committee and its leadership are appointed by the Presidium

the long-term results of transplantation are not satisfactory. In the first three years, around eight percent of transplants lose their function; after five years, transplant failure increases steadily [...] exercise prevented arteriosclerosis in transplanted mice. In heart transplant patients, too, the occurrence of vascular damage was reduced or halted after transplantation. The study results were published in [...] (since 2019) There are still not enough donor organs available for transplantation. In addition, too many organs are lost after transplantation due to rejection and loss of function. The Collaborative Research

n for each affected person individually. "More transplant patients still die from diseases promoted by taking the immunosuppressants than from transplant failure," explains private lecturer Dr Richard [...] damage to the transplant earlier and treat it, for example, by using a different or higher immunosuppression. The team has now published their findings in the American Journal of Transplantation. As part of [...] thesis, Emily Saunders performed protocol biopsies in liver transplant patients with normal liver values from one year after transplantation. During a biopsy, doctors remove a small piece of tissue from

man from Rwanda is successfully transplanted Three quarters of a year after his heart transplant, Pierre comes out of the echocardiography room in the heart transplant and artificial heart outpatient clinic [...] of his transplanted heart has just been carried out. It looks healthy. Later, Dr. Heidi Niehaus, head of the outpatient clinic at the MHH Clinical Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular [...] for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, and his team about the treatment options: The only remaining option to save Pierre's life is probably a transplant. Initially, Pierre's critical