Our lab studies innovative ways to regulate the immune system to better manage and treat transplanted patients.

Our research portfolio is diverse, but our goal is singular: to redefine the boundaries of transplant medicine.

World’s First Genetically-Edited Pig Kidney Transplant into Living Recipient Performed at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Under the leadership of Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD, Medical Director for Kidney Transplantation, a genetically-edited pig kidney with 69 genomic edits was successfully transplanted into a living patient.

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Packed room… over 200 atendees…. #ASTFellows2024 covering all organs, subspecialists in #transplantation. One of the best conferences for trainees @AST_info @AST_COTS @AST_KPCOP @TxDiagnosticCOP

Great debate across tx leaders on the role of machine perfusion in different organs such as kidney, liver, heart and lung. Identifying the exact indication (which organs to apply) and which outcome to measure is key. Delayed graft function not a good outcome for kidney tx trials

Second day #ASTFellows2024 presentation by Heith Turnquist @InstituteStarzl on the basic principles of ischemia reperfusion injury in #transplantation. Exciting drug targets to be used on machine perfusion.

Donor organ transplantation after medical euthanasia - Spain’s experience. Contributing now to more than 10% of organs #TTS2024 @ttsorg

Can we better characterize donor-recipient HLA mismatch? Ankit Sharma reviewing the transplant data so far, including the multiple different approaches. Further determination of the immunogenicity will be crucial, instead of relying only on mismatch numbers #TTS2024 @ttsorg

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