This is a report of data obtained from children, beyond the neonatal stage, undergoing major corrective heart surgery, in which the thymus is frequently dissected and partially removed for aortic-arch ...

No convincing evidence exists which demonstrates that mammalian thymus cells can directly express their immunological activity. It has been assumed, therefore, that the immunological role of the ...

ADULT acquired tolerance for an organ homotransplant can be achieved between unrelated animals only if the immunological mechanisms of the transplantation reaction are reduced or suppressed.

The first homograft procedure was conducted on a patient at Osmania General Hospital on Tuesday. Homograft is a procedure where skin harvested from a brain-dead donor is used for grafting on another ...

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) is in the process of setting up a homograft bank that will be second such bank to preserve aorta and pulmonary artery from the deceased donors in the state.