The study opens the door to research that could determine which bacteria need to be “turned down” to limit their negative effects in transplant patients.
“Tissues are wonderfully complex structures, so to engineer artificial versions of them that function properly, we have to recreate their complexity,” said UCLA professor Ali Khademhosseini.
In October 2016, Jonathan Koch, a 51-year-old entertainment executive from Los Angeles, underwent a 17-hour procedure to replace the hand he lost to a mysterious, life-threatening illness.
The thoracic transplant program also ranks among the country’s best in terms of patient survival rates, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
Running 13.1 miles may seem like a daunting task to many people. But for heart transplant recipient Tony Flores, it was pure joy to finish the Revel Canyon City Half Marathon in Azusa on Nov. 12.
The Heal My HeART program provides patients with a creative outlet that allows them to express their feelings and help them regain physical and emotional health with a new sense of optimism.
Dr. Jeffrey Veale writes that a program pioneered at UCLA could encourage more donations and reduce the number of deaths of those waiting for transplants.
The new technique can accurately identify a person’s optimal drug and dose combinations throughout an entire course of treatment, without complex, time-consuming genetic analysis.