The term cytokine is derived from a combination of two Greek words - cyto meaning cell and kinos meaning movement. Cytokines are cell signalling molecules that aid cell to cell communication in immune responses and stimulate the movement of cells towards sites of inflammation, infection and trauma.
Organs that have been successfully transplanted include the heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas, intestine, and thymus. Some organs, like the brain, cannot be transplanted. Tissues include bones, tendons (both referred to as musculoskeletal grafts), corneae, skin, heart valves, nerves and veins.
Organ or Tissue donation can be of two types-cadaveric-meaning after a person has died; or live donor transplant which is taking a part of the organ from a person and implanting it in the recipient's body.Kidney, Liver and Stem cell transplants can happen with living donors.rgan or Tissue donation can be of two types-cadaveric-meaning after a person has died; or live donor transplant which is taking a part of the organ from a person and implanting it in the recipient's body.