The organ transplant recipient, hospitalized for 422 days, was finally returning home. “Most of the staff at the hospital, believe it or not, keep me going,” Hurd said. By Hurd’s side ...

The process made Hurd the first lung and kidney transplant patient at Northwestern Medicine to receive this treatment, Nadig said. “We went across a crossmatch for her and transplanted her ...

CHICAGO (January 31, 2020): Virtual antibody crossmatching is a safe and efficient way of selecting kidney transplant recipients. Two years after implementing the process, the Medical University ...

Although positive crossmatch kidney transplantation is subject to high rejection rates relative to compatible kidney transplantation, the use of desensitization improves patient survival overall ...

Crossmatch tests of the prospective kidney-transplant donor's lymphocytes with the serum of the prospective recipient in 225 transplants showed that eight of 195 with negative crossmatch failed to ...

CHICAGO — Colette Hurd calls herself "Collette 2.0" after successfully undergoing a groundbreaking lung and kidney transplant. According to Northwestern Medicine, Hurd was diagnosed with ...

We check a crossmatch before doing any transplant, as transplanting across a positive crossmatch can lead to rapid rejection of an organ. This process can go on for hours upon hours, very often ...

The virtual crossmatch has proven to be successful in renal, cardiac and lung transplantation, and has resulted in a greater percentage of sensitized patients gaining access to transplantation.

A Chicago woman received a second chance at life after waiting more than 400 days in the hospital for a kidney and lung transplant. NBC News’ Tom Llamas has her story.Aug. 16, 2022 ...

The lab offers HLA typing, crossmatch testing, and DSA monitoring. Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road has launched a new HLA & Transplant Immunology Services for precision-driven transplant care.

Mr. Vivek, suffering from Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease and on dialysis since October 2023, was registered on the state ...