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A kidney transplant is an operation where a healthy kidney from one person (the donor) is transferred to a person who has little or no kidney function (the recipient).

Living unrelated donor organ transplants are not inferior to deceased donor organs

Do pediatric kidney transplant patients have better long-term outcomes when their kidney comes from living, biologically unrelated donors compared to deceased donors?

16 Aug 2022

Providers charge more in the Medicare Advantage market by being in network, study finds

Large dialysis chains charge Medicare Advantage plans 27% more for dialysis services compared with what they charge the traditional, fee-for-service Medicare program, according to a new USC analysis.

3 Aug 2022

Anti-rejection drug plus immunotherapy could change the lives of kidney transplant patients with cancer

Adding immunotherapy to standard anti-rejection medication could change the lives of thousands of kidney transplant patients with incurable cancer, as new research shows it can reduce this risk of organ rejection and eliminate cancer in a quarter of patients.

18 Jul 2022

The successful transplantation of genetically engineered pig hearts into recently deceased humans

Researchers successfully transplanted two genetically engineered heart pigs into recently deceased humans in June and July 2022.

14 Jul 2022

Remdesivir resistance in renal transplant patients with long COVID-19

A new study has reported two renal transplant cases, in which individuals, after being exposed to remdesivir, developed a resistance to the drug.

1 Jul 2022

Study explores antibody responses following three COVID vaccine doses in kidney transplant recipients

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, Canadian researchers evaluated antibody responses in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) before and one and three months after receiving the third dose of a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine.

28 Jun 2022

Study finds vaccination hesitancy among parents of children with kidney disease or hypertension

In this study published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD), over 60% of surveyed parents of children with kidney disease or hypertension reported they were unsure or unwilling to vaccinate their child against COVID-19.

21 Jun 2022

New method can safely free patients from lifelong immunosuppression after kidney transplant

Physicians at Stanford Medicine have developed a way to provide pediatric kidney transplants without immune-suppressing drugs.

17 Jun 2022

Drug combinations may help to slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease

A mouse study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that combining SGLT2 inhibitors — a newer class of diabetes medications that lowers blood sugar — with older diabetes drugs may help to slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease.

15 Jun 2022

Race is often used as medical shorthand for how bodies work. Some doctors want to change that.

Several months ago, a lab technologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital mixed the blood components of two people: Alphonso Harried, who needed a kidney, and Pat Holterman-Hommes, who hoped to give him one.

13 Jun 2022

Taco bowls and chicken curry: Medi-Cal delivers ready meals in grand health care experiment

Every Friday, Frances De Los Santos waits for a shipment of healthy, prepared meals to land on her front porch at the edge of the Mojave Desert.

1 Jun 2022

Evaluating tixagevimab plus cilgavimab against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers assessed the neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant after tixagevimab plus cilgavimab (T+C) administration.

30 May 2022

Evaluating immune protection after third and fourth doses of homologous and heterologous SARS-CoV-2 vaccines among kidney transplant recipients

Researchers evaluated the immune responses after the third and fourth doses of homologous and heterologous mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients.

4 May 2022

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Living unrelated donor organ transplants are not inferior to deceased donor organs

Providers charge more in the Medicare Advantage market by being in network, study finds

Anti-rejection drug plus immunotherapy could change the lives of kidney transplant patients with cancer

The successful transplantation of genetically engineered pig hearts into recently deceased humans

Remdesivir resistance in renal transplant patients with long COVID-19

Study explores antibody responses following three COVID vaccine doses in kidney transplant recipients

Study finds vaccination hesitancy among parents of children with kidney disease or hypertension

New method can safely free patients from lifelong immunosuppression after kidney transplant

Drug combinations may help to slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease

Race is often used as medical shorthand for how bodies work. Some doctors want to change that.

Taco bowls and chicken curry: Medi-Cal delivers ready meals in grand health care experiment

Evaluating tixagevimab plus cilgavimab against SARS-CoV-2

Evaluating immune protection after third and fourth doses of homologous and heterologous SARS-CoV-2 vaccines among kidney transplant recipients

Risk of major complications for living kidney donors is minimal, study confirms

Study examines how race and sex influence tacrolimus pharmacokinetics in kidney transplant recipients

Cancer risk and related mortality significantly higher among patients with kidney disease

SARS-CoV-2 Delta-Omicron recombinant identified in a transplant patient treated with Sotrovimab

Evaluating serological responses to repeated COVID-19 vaccination in kidney transplant recipients

Climate change may push the US toward the ‘goldilocks zone’ for West Nile virus

Evusheld™ found to poorly neutralize Omicron in kidney transplant patients

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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