Researchers claim to have developed a new mathematical model that can improve the success rate of organ transplants
The researchers are now working towards designing a tool capable of preventing rejection rate in organ transplants.
Transplantation
Organ and tissue transplantation can give a second chance at life to thousands of people. Learn more about this interesting procedure.
Advertisement
They created a mathematical algorithm that would indicate for each person - using their genetics, size, age, current medication and time since the transplant - what should be their immuno-suppressive drug dosage.
The process works towards understanding type of proteins in charge of metabolising the drugs (enzymes) for each patient who underwent organ transplant, thus establishing the exact dose of the immuno-suppressive drugs.
![Bone Marrow Transplantation]( "Bone Marrow Transplantation")
Preferred Term is Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In this stem cell from bone marrow are injected into a recipient after treating them with growth factor.
"This method is not only capable of giving an effective certainty at the moment of establishing the treatment but also save time and decrease rejection - increasing the quality of life, allowing the survival of more patients and optimising the health system," said Gilberto Castañeda Hernández from the department of Pharmacology at the Centre of Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (Cinvestav) in Mexico.
Currently, the quantity of drug to be administered is determined by trial and error. However, this process takes long and gives rise to complications that are translated into an acute rejection, said the study.
This would open "a new window of opportunity for kids, making it possible to determine the immuno-suppressive treatment correctly. Since children have a special metabolism, applying the analysis tools would bring better results", said the study that appeared in Science Daily.
Source: IANS
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Preferred Term is Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In this stem cell from bone marrow are injected into a recipient after treating them with growth factor.
Advertisement
"This method is not only capable of giving an effective certainty at the moment of establishing the treatment but also save time and decrease rejection - increasing the quality of life, allowing the survival of more patients and optimising the health system," said Gilberto Castañeda Hernández from the department of Pharmacology at the Centre of Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (Cinvestav) in Mexico.
Currently, the quantity of drug to be administered is determined by trial and error. However, this process takes long and gives rise to complications that are translated into an acute rejection, said the study.
This would open "a new window of opportunity for kids, making it possible to determine the immuno-suppressive treatment correctly. Since children have a special metabolism, applying the analysis tools would bring better results", said the study that appeared in Science Daily.
Source: IANS
Advertisement
Advertisement
|
Advertisement
Latest Organ Donation News
Tamilnadu to implement state honors for last rites of Organ Donors in the state- a welcome move
In a historic surgical achievement, U.S. medical professionals successfully transplanted a pig's heart into an end-stage cardiovascular disease patient.
Groundbreaking study advocates neonatal kidney transplantation as the answer to the organ shortage crisis, shedding light on the challenges faced by families.
Two people in the US, who underwent lung transplantation, have been infected with a deadly bacteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As per the Ministry, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will initiate the organ donation pledge at Agra's GIC Ground, UP.
