Living donor liver transplant access is optimal for high-risk waitlisted cirrhosis patients
“Access to LDLT in a transplant program can optimize the timing of transplant for the increasingly older, frail patient population ...
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Islet transplantation boosts long-term survival in kidney transplant recipients with type 1 diabetes
(17 September 2023, Athens, Greece) Islet transplantation significantly reduces the risk of transplantation failure and enhances life expectancy in individuals ...
Implantable device enables earlier detection of kidney transplant failure in rats
An implantable sensor provided advanced warning of kidney transplant failure in rats as much as several weeks earlier than commonly ...
Heart transplant patients from socioeconomically distressed communities face higher mortality, organ failure risk
FINDINGS Credit: Wikimedia Commons FINDINGS People from socioeconomically distressed communities who underwent heart transplantation between 2004 and 2018 faced a ...
Long-term study reaffirms benefits of COVID-19 vaccination for organ transplant recipients
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Credit: Both the photomicrograph and model are courtesy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, ...
Transplant recipients experience limited protection with primary COVID-19 vaccination series, but third dose boosts response
Key Takeaways Lung and heart transplant recipients experienced diminished and delayed antibody responses to the first two COVID-19 mRNA vaccine ...
Massachusetts General Hospital launches first-of-its-kind center for clinical transplant tolerance
BOSTON – Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health system, officially opened the Legorreta Center ...
Study shows positive outcomes for first three U.S. living HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant donors
Based on findings from a study published today in the journal, The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, researchers at Johns Hopkins ...
Study sheds light on cellular interactions that lead to liver transplant survival
A new study identifies how certain proteins in the immune system interact leading to organ rejection. The study, which involved ...
First robotic liver transplant in U.S. performed by Washington University surgeons
A surgical team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis recently performed the first robotic liver transplant in ...
In historic procedure, donor liver protects heart transplant
Doctors in Seattle are reporting a history-making case in which a patient received two donor organs, a liver and a ...
A first for UCLouvain in the fight against organ transplant rejection
Every year in Belgium, 1,600 people wait for a transplant. Of these, in 2021, only 939 received an organ. Thus ...
Antibody treatment prevents graft versus host disease, a major bone marrow transplant complication, in advanced preclinical tests
PHILADELPHIA – An experimental antibody treatment largely prevented a bone marrow transplant complication called graft versus host disease (GVHD) in ...
Study sets new standard for graft-versus-host disease prevention after stem cell transplant
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Clinicians have a new standard for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prevention after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according ...
‘Poo transplant’ trial provides hope for liver disease patients
The UK is to launch a clinical trial of a ‘poo transplant’ that researchers believe could treat advanced liver disease ...
New heart valve implant clears way for patient in need of liver transplant and hip replacement
DETROIT (June 6, 2023) – Janice Couch, 62, a retired pre-school teacher from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is finally physically ready ...
Testing for ‘zombie cells’ could boost number of hearts for transplant
Testing older potential organ donors for dangerous ‘zombie’ cells could help to increase the number of hearts available for transplant, ...
Risk biomarkers could predict serious side effect of stem cell transplant
Doctors are one step closer to having a risk biomarker to alert them to which of their pediatric stem cell ...
National study recommends starting SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination three months after bone marrow transplant
SEATTLE – (May 16, 2023) – Patients with cancer whose immune systems are being supported or rebuilt by bone marrow ...
Organ transplant policies need an overhaul!
INFORMS Journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management New Study Key Takeaways: Matching supply and demand of organs can provide broader ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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New findings on hair loss in men
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A novel role discovered for vagus nerve
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Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure
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Grant awarded to University of Louisville law professor will fund climate adaptation project
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Unleashing the power of AI to track animal behavior