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
Carmen Mikacenic receives Mid-Career Award
Carmen Mikacenic receives Mid-Career Award
She is is the 2026 recipient of the American Thoracic Society Assembly on Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation Mid-Career Award.
Is a well-behaved immune system key to successful transplant outcomes?
Is a well-behaved immune system key to successful transplant outcomes?
Dr. Kate Markey has discovered a link between the intestinal microbiome and chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), a common complication of allogeneic stem cell transplants.
Umbilical cord blood transplant with pooled stem cell product shows 96% survival and no graft-versus-host-disease in leukemia patients
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.