BSWH Transplant Annual Report 2016 ACHC_639_2017_AnnualReport_JO_PROOF8 | Page 42

RESEA The transplant team at Baylor Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute continued their steadfast commitment in 2016 to investigating new approaches to treatment including revolutionary pharmaceutical solutions and industry-leading surgical treatments. In fact, transplant team specialists and researchers sponsored or participated in more than 51 research studies and 74 clinical trials during the year. A total of 22 Baylor Dallas researchers had 81 manuscripts published in medical and scientific journals in 2016. In April 2016, Baylor hosted an international conference on Antibody Mediated Rejection in Liver Transplantation, Part II. 40 22 abstracts submitted to the International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation and accepted for presentation in 2016 Samples from more than 26,000 blood draws are currently stored in the biorepository.