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- – California's Stem Cell Agency
Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Agency Funds Clinical Trials Targeting Solid Tumors, and to Make Kidney Transplants Easier for Patients
South San Francisco, CA – There were more than 24,500 kidney transplants in the US last year. The procedure can be life-saving but it also requires patients to take immune suppression medications to avoid rejecting the new organ. Today the Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved funding a clinical trial to test a method for performing immunosuppression-free kidney transplants. To date CIRM has funded 85 clinical trials.
- – School of Medicine Dean's Postdoctoral Fellows July 2022
School of Medicine Dean's Postdoctoral Fellows July 2022 | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Dr. Wenjun Wang in Dr. Bertaina Lab has been selected for the School of Medicine Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in 2023. The award will provide support for the project titled "Identification of γδ T cell activation markers in response to different stimuli by scRNA-seq”. Congratulations, Wenjun!
- – Healthier, Happy Lives Blog
Young Man Becomes First in World to Be Cured of FSGS With New Treatment - Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Blog
Traejen spent hours a day on dialysis after a failed kidney transplant, until a new approach cured his FSGS and helped him get his life back.
- – NEJM on Twitter: "Three patients with Schimke immuno
NEJM on Twitter: "Three patients with Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia who underwent sequential bone marrow and kidney transplantation continued to have normal renal function without immunosuppression at 22 to 34 months. https://t.co/6YF3Sk1X62 https://t.co/V23cfden84" / Twitter
Three patients with Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia who underwent sequential bone marrow and kidney transplantation continued to have normal renal function without immunosuppression at 22 to 34 months. https://t.co/6YF3Sk1X62 https://t.co/V23cfden84
- – News Center
Stanford pediatricians transplant kidneys without need for immune-suppressing drugs
Using a method they developed for stem cell transplants, a Stanford team has enabled children with immune disorders to receive a new immune system and a matching kidney from a parent.