Organ and Cell Transplantation - Research
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Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation
The Scripps Center for Organ and Cell Transplantation participates in a number of research activities. All active clinical trials have institutional internal review board (IRB) approval. For inquiries, please contact our office at 858-554-4310.
Areas of research interest
- Steroid-free immunosuppression
- Kidney transplants for the highly sensitized (cross-match positive) patient
- Kidney transplants between ABO/blood type incompatible pairs
- Kidney transplants for HIV positive recipients
- Liver transplants for HIV positive recipients
- Treatment of hepatitis C pre-transplant
- Treatment of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplant
- Steatosis (fatty liver disease) in hepatitis C
- Treatment of liver cancer as a bridge to liver transplant
- Liver support for fulminant (acute) liver failure
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) for portal vein thrombosis
- Gene and protein expression profiles associated with rejection
- Women’s issues after transplantation