Immune Tolerance Network

A Signature of Transplant Tolerance?

itn_admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:17:18 -0700

On December 23rd, 1953 at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, a team of surgeons carefully removed a healthy kidney from a 23-year-old man named Ronald Herrick. Working quickly, they wrapped the donor organ in a cold, wet towel, placed it in a stainless steel dish, and carried it into a different operating room. There, Ronald’s identical twin Richard lay dying of chronic nephritis. His brother’s healthy kidney was his only chance at survival.

Cracking the peanut allergy problem

itn_admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:01:33 -0700

For much of the 20th century, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich was considered a quintessential food of childhood. But that was before the rise of peanut allergies, a condition in which even the slightest exposure to peanut protein can set off a catastrophic allergic reaction.

A transplant breakthrough by ITN investigators

itn_admin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:24:32 -0700

In literature, a "chimera" is a creature from Greek mythology that is made of parts from different animals. Perhaps the most famous chimera is "Cerberus," the part dog, part snake who was captured by Hercules in his final labor.