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Using Quantitative Real-time PCR to Determine Donor Cell Engraftment in a Competitive Murine Bone Marrow Transplantation Model
Published on: March 7, 2013
[Donor selection. Marginal donors]
S Serrano-Fiz1, J Ugarte, C García Montero
1Servicio de Cirugía Cardíaca, Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid.
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The growing number of heart transplant candidates outpaces donor availability. Researchers analyzed factors like donor age and medication use to assess expanding the donor pool for life-saving procedures.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Transplantation Medicine
- Public Health
Abstract:
The number of heart transplant candidates has increased steadily in the past several years because of improved survival and sustantial decrease in the incidence of rejection and serious infections. Unfortunately the number of available donors was remained insufficient, the method of expanding the donors pool may be to liberate the criteria for an acceptable donors heart (age, size, inotropic drugs ...). We analyzed the incidence of this factors.
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