On the cutting edge: Pig hearts, pregnancy, and the frontiers of transplant immunology
We just participated in a wonderful little hour long live online chat at Science. Two experts were on hand to answer questions on the science of organ transplantation. The discussion centered a lot around xenotransplantation and immune responses to transplantation, as these were the main areas of research for the experts involved. While the answers … Read more
AADP FUNdraising
Editors Note: A couple of months ago, we shared a series of retrospective posts chronicling the development of Laugh for Lives, one of the Asian American Donor Program’s (AADP) top fundraisers which also serves to increase awareness of the need for bone marrow donors. Did you ever wonder how the whole thing was pulled off? … Read more
Docking the undocumented: (im)migrant transplants and treatment
Once again, the news dispenses a bevy of stories about undocumented immigrants facing bleak circumstances in their fight for transplantation and treatment. In a cross-post with Access Denied, I’ve discussed at length questions of equitable organ allocation and the added challenges undocumented immigrants like Jesus Navarro face in financing a transplant and post-operative treatment. That … Read more
Cords that bind: Umbilical transplantation and transnationalism
Sarah Ping Nie Jones’s new film Umbilical Cords explores the fraught transnational relationships between six women–three mother-daughter pairs. They criss-cross all over the globe, but their stories all intersect in South Africa. The title alludes to the cord that biologically links us to our mothers, but also more broadly asks how we intertwine inextricably, how we … Read more
