Transplantation

Policies to deny transplants to migrants need to be reassessed, UCSF study finds Unauthorized immigrants who receive liver transplants in the United States have comparable three-year survival rates to U.S. citizens, according to a study by…

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute program continues to help women with absolute uterine factor infertilityCredit: Baylor Scott & White Health DALLAS, Texas - Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, a part of…

NIH-funded research project develops new method to preserve human livers for transplantationCredit: Massachusetts General Hospital Scientists have greatly extended the amount of time human livers can be stored for transplantation by…

Sacrificial ink-writing technique allows 3D printing of large, vascularized human organ building blocks 20 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant in the United States, and while more than 30,000 transplants are now performed…

Two-part method could increase organ availability by 13% and add 18 years to patient life expectancy INFORMS Journal Management Science New Study Key Takeaways: A combination of the donor-priority rule and freeze-period prove…

Should be standard of care Memphis, Tenn. - Transplantation of kidneys from Hepatitis C-infected donors to uninfected recipients is safe and can be successfully implemented as a standard of care, according to an observational study by…

Patients who die waiting for a kidney, or who are removed from the transplant waitlist for poor health, are usually considered unfortunate victims of the ever-growing shortage of available organs. Yet a new study has found that most…

Bottom Line: This observational study used United Network for Organ Sharing data to examine how wait-listed kidney transplant candidates fared after deceased donor kidneys were offered but declined by transplant centers on patients'…

Harvard scientists combine organ-on-a-chip and stem-cell technologies to make a powerful tool for diabetes research and beta-cell transplantation By combining two powerful technologies, scientists are taking diabetes research to a whole…

University of Maryland School of Medicine data analyses identify immunosuppression regimen with best outcome Baltimore, Md., August 28, 2019 - Lung transplantation can prolong the lives of patients with end-stage lung disease, but the…