In this series, we have discussed the development of immunosuppressant drugs to prevent the rejection of solid organ transplants. However, another major issue is the cost and availability of these drugs, as well as the cost of the transplant itself. Under the American healthcare system, anyone undergoing an organ transplant must have some sort ofContinue reading “The High Cost of Transplant”
Category Archives: Transplant
A Brief History of Immunosuppression
Before I became a full-time recluse and transplant advocate, I used to be an analyst in a corporate job, crunching numbers and creating charts and graphs in my bland gray cubicle. The powerful urge to dig through data and statistics remains with me, and I have been digging deep into online data on the historyContinue reading “A Brief History of Immunosuppression”
CBC Interview
“To live as a transplant patient is to live with death every day.” This was the closing phrase I said in a recent interview regarding the life and legacy of Amy Silverstein and the ongoing need for improvement in anti-rejection medications currently available to the transplant community. January 2024 will mark eighteen years since IContinue reading “CBC Interview”
Truth in Transplant
Recently, the brilliant author and two-time heart transplant recipient Amy Silverstein passed away. In one of her last messages, she asked that members of the transplant community contact the American Society of Transplantation (AST) to insist that they push for improvement in the immunosuppressant drugs currently in use. I wrote this letter in response toContinue reading “Truth in Transplant”
Dawn Levitt, Author 