[Control and prevention of kidney transplant rejection: the role and possibilities for the clinical use of regulatory T-cells in transplantation].

This article discusses the need to implement effective methods for monitoring immune status and rehabilitation of patients after kidney transplantation. Induction of immunological tolerance which allows minimizing or even completely canceling supportive immunosuppressive therapy is one of the key tasks in the field of organ transplantation. Regulatory T-cells (TREGs) play an important role in maintaining immunological homeostasis, including limiting kidney transplant rejection, and potentially contribute to the development of immunological tolerance.

The social dimension of biobanking: objectives and challenges.

The present article allows to explore, analyze and reflect on the consequences and problems posed by biobanks and attempts to prove the need of social and humanitarian support in establishing and functioning of biobanks as a new type of scientific institutions. The basis of the article is the latest publications devoted to social and humanitarian aspects of biobanking and Russian experience of the initial formation of this subject domain (before the first professional biobanks were established in Russia in the 2010-s, the only highly specialized collections of bio-samples had been registered). The article marks and classifies different aspects of biobanking that objectively demands the participation of specialists in ethics and social sciences.