As the NHS Blood and Transplant Organ Donation Week ends, UKODTRN highlights one more incredible research study. The MELODY, Mass Evaluation of Lateral flow immunOassays for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 antibodY responses in immunosuppressed people, study used home antibody testing to improve the understanding of responses to COVID-19 vaccinations in individuals receiving immunosuppression. See more […]

As we near the end of NHS Blood and Transplant Organ Donation Week, we highlight the vital part QUOD, Quality In Organ Donation, plays in transplantation research. The QUOD programme facilitates research into organ donation and transplantation by providing researchers with samples (e.g: blood, urine and tissue) and clinical data from appropriately consented/authorised organ donors. […]

This study examines defatting donor transplant livers during the process of normothermic perfusion, which preserves the organ before transplantation, and is being led by Dr Hussain Abbas, Clinical Research Fellow at Oxford University. This study’s long term goal is to create more suitable livers for transplantation. Liver disease is the third leading cause of premature […]

As UKODTRN continues to highlight NHS Blood and Transplant Organ Donation Week, we look at the E-CLAD UK clinical trial. This aims to find out if a therapy called Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) can be used to successfully treat chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) – also called chronic rejection. The clinical trial, funded by the National […]

To continue highlighting Organ Donation Week, we focus on the work on the OuTSMART, Optimised TacrolimuS and MMF for HLA Antibodies after Renal Transplantation, research study led by Professor Anthony Dorling of King’s College, London. To find out more see here      

To underline the importance of NHS Blood and Transplant Organ Donation Week, UKODTRN is summarising some key transplant research studies. Today we focus on the SIGNET, Statins for Improving orGaN outcome in Transplantation, randomised controlled trial which, when completed, will be the largest of its type in organ donation in the world. The study has […]

UKODTRN is proud to support NHS Blood and Transplant Organ Donation Week which raises awareness of the ongoing need for organ donors. Please see a brief welcome from our Co-Director, Professor Lorna Marson, introducing our series of short infographics this week highlighting the work of organ transplant research studies and trials. An integral part of […]

Our UKODTRN Communications team is looking for three new volunteers to help with web development, graphics and video making. We are looking for people with some of the skills below; please note you do not need to have experience of everything listed as the roles will be split between other volunteers who have different complimentary […]

This year’s QUOD, Quality in Organ Donation, Symposium in December is extra special as 2023 marks the 10-year anniversary of its programme. As part of a packed all-day event, our Co-Director Professor Lorna Marson will speak on the ‘Future vision from a NHSBT R&D and UKODTRN perspective.’ The symposium will include scientific updates, collaborative discussions […]