About this Research Topic
This Research Topic aims to facilitate a discussion on the future of organ and cell transplantation in 15 years. The Frontiers of Transplantation represents a perfect global platform for a multidisciplinary crosstalk between academic researchers, clinical scientists, and the biotech industry. It is urgently needed to move the field forward, eliminate the existing boundaries, and offer life-saving transplants to patients with terminal organ failure.
We hope to obtain a variety of viewpoints on how challenging current dogmas and status quo may shape the future of organ/cell transplantation by 2040. Topics covered within this selection include, but are not limited to:
1. Solving donor organ shortage
2. Targeting peri-transplant tissue damage
3. Refining organ preservation techniques
4. Acquiring operational tolerance, i.e. “one transplant for life”
5. Transitioning vascularized composite allografts (VCA) from research to standard-of-care
6. Recognizing growing ethical and psychosocial issues, e.g., body-to-head transplantation (BHT), perhaps the final frontier of organ transplantation.
Manuscripts may include comprehensive/mini-reviews, policy/practice reviews, hypothesis/theory articles, perspective articles, and opinion pieces.
Keywords: Kidney Transplantation, Surgery, Immunology, Genetics, Pharmacology, Epidemiology, Translational Research, Organ Transplantation, Cell Transplantation, Organ Shortage, Peri-transplant tissue, VCA.
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.