New insights into what drives organ transplant rejection

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital set out to understand why skin grafts have such a high rate of rejection, hoping to capitalize on new biological insights to not only explain why skin transplants provoke the immune system but also what treatments can be given to an organ prior to transplantation to decrease the likelihood of rejection.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news