Table of Contents

Volume 9,Issue 4

Open Access Review

Risk Assessment in Clinical Histocompatibility Testing: Challenges, Strategies, and Future Directions

Received: 15 July 2025;  Published: 25 November 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2504260

Abstract

Though the role of clinical histocompatibility testing is fundamental to successful transplant, systematic risk assessment and mitigation strategies remain underutilised in this domain. This review addresses risk identification, analysis, and control measures across the pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical phases of clinical histocompatibility testing, in line with international standards such as ISO 15189:2022. A structured, risk-based quality management system (QMS) is imperative fo [...]

Open Access Original Research

Immunologic Response after COVID-19 Vaccination in Heart Transplant Recipients

Received: 30 June 2025;  Published: 21 October 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2504259

Abstract

To date, all large-scale randomized controlled trials for COVID-19 vaccines have excluded solid organ transplant recipients; therefore, the effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing coronavirus infection using COVID-19 vaccines in patients with heart transplants have not been sufficiently studied. This paper presents the characteristics of humoral and cellular immunity in heart transplant recipients following vaccination against coronavirus infection. The study group consisted [...]

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