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Rescued from the rubbish bin: How the thymus could stop organ transplant rejection
For more than two decades, BC Children’s Hospital researcher Dr. Megan Levings has been immersed in the complex world of very specialized immune system cells — regulatory T cells. She was the first in the world to show these unique white blood cells could be a powerful new therapy to stop harmful immune responses. Now…
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It takes a village: Supporting youth mental health in the pandemic recovery period
Adya experienced her bleakest moments in Grade 9, back in February 2021. She’d been called lazy and weak in front of 30 of her peers, and the depression that had overtaken her since the start of the school year during the COVID-19 pandemic — with its social isolation — deepened.
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Exploring the ethics of direct contact between pediatric transplant recipients and donors
Non-anonymized direct contact between organ recipients and donor families is a topic of international interest in the adult context. However, there is limited discussion about whether direct contact should be extended to children who have received organ transplants due to concerns of the potential harm to pediatric patients.
