Shine Thomas, CRC

CONTACT

Lead Sponsor

Emory University

Age

All ages

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

•Recipients of or candidates for organ transplantation or organ donors for recipients under evaluation at Emory University or CHOA
•Normal volunteers to include individuals without any known end-stage organ disease who are not on any immunosuppressive medication, and individuals with conditions requiring immunosuppression (i.e. dermatological diseases) that do not require transplant therapies
•Ability to understand the purposes and risks of the study and willingly give written informed consent, or in the case of minors, ability to give minor assent (children older than 5 years of age), in conjunction with written guardian consent

•Patients who fail to meet the criteria for transplantation or post-transplant follow-up by Emory or Children's Healthcare of Atlanta physicians
•Any condition that, in the opinion of the attending physician, would place the patient at undue risk by participating. Specific conditions include but are not limited to anemia prohibitive of phlebotomy, coagulopathy or technical considerations that would prevent acquisition of sufficient tissue on biopsy for clinical use, or medical urgency preventing timely administration of the consenting process.