Transplant rejection

organs from stem cells can be performed (David Engle, 2001). The cost for a transplant and the process of it is one of the issues of transplantation (Arthur Caplan, 1983). According to Herman Waldmann etal (2004) the rejection of the organs can be minimised by immunosuppressive drugs and the life expectancy increased by having the transplants which is another issue with organ donations. Another issue such with organ transplants is the ethical acceptableness of it (The Authors For the Live Organ…

TRANSPLANTATION What is a liver transplant? A liver transplant is a procedure performed to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver from another person. During the liver transplantation surgery, the surgeon removes the diseased liver and replaces it with a healthy one. The surgery generally takes 4 - 12 hours to perform, and patients stay in the hospital for up to 3 weeks after the surgery. Most patients return to normal or near-normal activities 6 - 12 months following the transplant.…

Organ transplants save thousands of lives each year and are considered one of the most significant medical innovations of the past century. Despite that, each year, the number of patients on the waiting list continues to grow, while the number of donors and transplants remains stagnant. One solution scientists are investigating in order to solve this problem is xenotransplantation, a procedure which involves the “transplantation, implantation, or infusion of live cells, tissues, or organs from a…

Not every patient that suffers from a heart failure is a candidate for a heart transplant. Some patients are sometimes too sick or have other medical issues that will not allow their transplant to be successful. In order to determine whether the patient is a candidate for a heart transplant, their medical condition must meet the requirements of the transplant team. Other tests may also be performed such as: echocardiogram, coronary angiogram or peak VO2 assessment. Echocardiogram measures the…

Organ donation has been an ethical debate for a long time. Organ donation is a process of giving away your organs to another person in need by an organ transplant. An organ transplant is an operation that puts a healthy organ from your body into another person’s body. One donor can save as many as 50 people. The organs that can be donated include the internal organs like the kidneys, heart, liver, pancreas, intestines and other organs like the skin, bone, bone marrow, cornea and many tissues.…

Working Title Until the 60s heart, liver and pancreas transplants were considered impossible and if you had a transplant there was a high rate of death due to unsuccessful surgery and or organ rejection. The 60s were a wonderful time for medicine and surgery procedures due the constant experiments between twins, other animals and many tests done by different doctors. The 60s had medical Breakthroughs due to the experiments of drugs and medication like azathioprine and many trial and errors. In…

Kidney Transplants In the United States there are 121,678 people waiting for a life saving organ transplant. Of those, there are 100,791 waiting for a kidney transplant. People are put on the kidney transplant list when their own kidneys begin to fail. A kidney transplant is an option to help prolong the life of a person who is experiencing kidney failure. The process of a kidney transplant is very long and stressful process and sometimes ends poorly. Even though kidney transplants are not…

Special consideration for oncology and organ transplant patients. Oncology is a discipline in medicine that involves cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. An oncology patient is an individual suffering from any form of cancer and is undergoing treatment (Lanzkowsky, 2011). Organ transplant is a procedure in medicine that involves removing a body organ from the donor and being placed in the body of the recipient so as to replace a missing or damaged organ (Farber & Abrahams, 2009).…

life-saving organ such as a liver? You may have been contemplating or waiting for an organ transplant, but you are unaware of all your options. Adult stem cell therapy should be an accepted ethical choice, it offers more possibilities for customizing organ replacement, leads to healthier long-term outcomes with fewer side-effects, than with the use of anti-rejection drugs for therapy in organ transplant recipients. Stem cells were linked exclusively to embryo origin…

In the United States alone, 80 patients every day receive life-saving organs from transplants. Unfortunately, the demand for transplant organs is higher than what can be provided by donors. According to the National Institute of Health in early 2011, more than 110,00 patients were on a nationwide waiting list to receive an organ as a result of organ shortages (NIH para. 4). It is estimated that, on average, twenty two patients die each day due to complications that arise while waiting for a new…