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Supporting blood tests to detect early-stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma more effectively
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Supporting blood tests to detect early-stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma more effectively

TAPb is supporting the collection of hundreds of blood samples for a liquid biopsy prospective pilot study for liver cancer surveillance.

Prof. Brian Davidson
Professor Brian Davidson

TAPb Lead

Division of Surgery and Interventional Science

Prof. Barry Fuller
Professor Barry Fuller

TAPb Lead

Division of Surgery and Interventional Science

Mr Amir Gander

Professor Amir Gander

TAPb Director

Division of Surgery and Interventional Science

Nathan Griffiths
Dr Nathan Griffiths

TAPb Director

Division of Surgery and Interventional Science

Carolina Ramos

Dr Carolina Ramos

Laboratory Manager

Natalie Getreu

Natalie Getreu

Portfolio Manager

Diana Kateregga
Diana Kateregga

Research Assistant

Akshay Mohan
Akshay Mohan

Tissue Collection

Aziza Turghunova

Aziza Turghunova

Tissue Collection

Komal Ramsahye

Komal Ramashaye

Tissue Collection

Kyra Fraser

Kyra Fraser

Tissue Collection

Stephanie Bogan

Stephanie Bogan

Tissue Collection

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Controlling cooling to preserve organs
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Controlling cooling to preserve organs

Professor Barry Fuller spoke to Naked Scientist about controlling the cooling of organs to preserve them during the transplantation process.

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Natural 3D-scaffolds for liver bioengineering and transplantation
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Natural 3D-scaffolds for liver bioengineering and transplantation

Brian Davidson and Barry Fuller contribute to a study investigating bioartificial liver development, where TAPb coordinated the donor organs.

Watch Brian Davidson - A Brief History of Transplantation Organ Donation and Research (with slides) on YouTube.
Brain Davidson | Brief History of Transplantation Organ Donation and Research
Watch Sarah Hosgood - Improving Kidney Transplantation by "Pre-conditioning" (with slides) on YouTube.
Sarah Hosgood | Improving Kidney Cancer Transplantation by Pre-conditioning
Watch Paulo Muiesan - Split Liver Transplant Benefits to the Children Lecture/Powerpoint on YouTube.
Paulo Muiesan | Split liver transplant benefits for children
Watch Victoria Marshment - Human Tissue Act Applied to Transplantation and Research (with slides) on YouTube.
Victoria Marshment | HTA 2004 applied to transplantation and research