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I was the former President of The Transplantation Society and have served as a Councillor for The British Transplantation Society, The British Society for Immunology, and European Society of Organ Transplantation. Currently I am the Immediate Past President of The Transplantation Society (International), an editor of Transplantation and a former Trustee of Kidney Research UK.
My research programme focuses on the immunobiology of cell and organ transplantation.
Transplantation is the most effective therapy for treating organ failure and some forms of cancer. Transplants save lives, but the survival of a transplant is dependent on treatment with powerful immunosuppressive drugs that inhibit the immune system.
The immunosuppressive drugs currently available for clinical use are undoubtedly effective, but they act non-specifically, suppressing the entire immune system not just the response targeted at the transplant. Moreover, the drug therapy is required for the life-time of the recipient after transplantation.This means that transplant recipients experience a much higher incidence of cancer and infection and they require additional treatment for the toxic side effects of the drugs that become more pronounced with increasing time after transplantation.
The induction of tolerance to donor antigens, sometimes referred to as drug free or minimal immunosuppression, would have a major impact on improving long term graft survival and the quality of life of transplant patients.
My research programme focuses on the immunobiology of cell and organ transplantation.
Transplantation is the most effective therapy for treating organ failure and some forms of cancer. Transplants save lives, but the survival of a transplant is dependent on treatment with powerful immunosuppressive drugs that inhibit the immune system.
The immunosuppressive drugs currently available for clinical use are undoubtedly effective, but they act non-specifically, suppressing the entire immune system not just the response targeted at the transplant. Moreover, the drug therapy is required for the life-time of the recipient after transplantation.This means that transplant recipients experience a much higher incidence of cancer and infection and they require additional treatment for the toxic side effects of the drugs that become more pronounced with increasing time after transplantation.
The induction of tolerance to donor antigens, sometimes referred to as drug free or minimal immunosuppression, would have a major impact on improving long term graft survival and the quality of life of transplant patients.
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Transplantation (2024)
Elsevier eBookspp.1128-1145, (2023)
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TRANSPLANTATIONno. 7 (2023): 1416-1422
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