Liver transplantation: from inception to clinical practice

Cell. 2012 Sep 14;150(6):1096-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.08.030.

Abstract

The 2012 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award will be conferred on Thomas Starzl of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and Roy Calne of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK. They are recognized for pioneering the development of liver transplantation, an intervention that saves 20,000 lives world-wide each year.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Awards and Prizes*
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Liver / physiology
  • Liver Failure / therapy
  • Liver Transplantation / history*
  • Liver Transplantation / immunology
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents

Personal name as subject

  • Roy Calne
  • Thomas Starzl