2023-09-07 18:00:00
Measuring the temperature variations of the organ makes it possible to detect an inflammation very upstream of the renal suffering.
In France, in 2022, 3376 people received a kidney transplant, 511 of which came from a living donor. Kidney transplants account for more than 60% of organ transplants performed each year. But while some grafts remain functional for many years, others are rejected by the donor’s body, sometimes following only a few months. It is currently not possible to detect early signs of graft damage and when rejection is identified, the damage to the organ is often too great for us to hope to save it.
In the review Science the team of Pr John Rogers, from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston (Ilinois, United States), presents an implantable device that might make it possible to measure biological parameters in real time of the graft and alert when the transplanted kidney shows signs of suffering. « If rejection is detected at a stage…
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