The Hairline Desk·Sep 3An Exception That Stays an Exception: Reading the Case Reports on Donated HairSomeone who has spent an evening searching will sometimes arrive with a printout. Hair from a donor, transplanted onto a recipient…
InILLUMINATIONbyTENMEI·Aug 29Wednesday | The Body’s Manual | Stress & Hormones Series | The Same Drug That Saved Lives in the…Steroids clearly reduced deaths in severe COVID-19 — a real triumph. But by quieting the immune system, in some patients a mold everyone…
InDiscover SciencebyPavel Straňák, Ph.D.·May 23, 2025Cyclosporine A: A Fascinating Leap from the Transplant Stone Age to the PresentOrgan transplantation stands as one of modern medicine’s greatest advancements. A key challenge in transplantation is suppressing the…A response icon1A response icon1
LilWifey·Jan 25, 2025Sick of being sickI’ve been immunocompromised most of my life, and it really can suck
Allison McKenzie·Sep 3, 2022A Revolutionary Approach to Treating Type One Diabetes is in the WorksIslet cell transplants can be effective in the long-term reversal of type one diabetes, but the toxic immunosuppressive drugs required to…
Charis Hill·Jun 22, 2022#HighRiskCovid19 includes more than immunocompromised peopleThis was originally published as a thread on Twitter.
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InElementalbyChristine Elgersma·Mar 14, 2020I Am One of the ImmunosuppressedLiving through Covid-19 uncertainty with heightened riskA response icon4A response icon4
