transplantation
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Scientists have uncovered an unexpected way the immune system can attack cancer, a finding that challenges a long-standing principle in immunology and could lead to new approaches for cancer treatment and bone marrow transplantation.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
According to the Welsh government, efforts to improve donation and transplantation rates are set out in Wales' Donation and Transplantation Action Plan.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
"Ferroptosis is not only relevant to cancer. Increasing evidence suggests that it also contributes to pathological processes in neurodegenerative diseases and in tissue damage following organ transplantation or ischemia-reperfusion injury."
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
The corals spend months growing in an incubator before transplantation.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
The prize had nothing to do with the chicken heart, but articles about his award conflated the immortal chicken-heart cells with his transplantation work, and suddenly it sounded like he’d found the fountain of youth.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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