Research

A History of Notable Research

First peritoneal dialysis machine

From making kidney dialysis possible to winning the Nobel Prize for bone-marrow transplantation, we have a long tradition of leading-edge research that has yielded some of the most important innovations in the history of modern medicine.

Bruce Treadmill Test
Thomas Nobel Prize
Wearable Kidney
Research matters
Umbilical cord blood transplant with pooled stem cell product shows 96% survival and no graft-versus-host-disease in leukemia patients
A phase 2 study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that a stem cell product called dilanubicel safely enabled umbilical cord blood transplants in 28 patients.
Allan Fonseca receives Underrepresented Trainee Development Scholarship
He has received the scholarship for his research in lung health in American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
Preserving insulin in diabetes
Researchers are seeking adults recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes for a clinical trial of an investigational drug that may protect insulin-producing cells from destruction.