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New model prioritizes lung transplant candidates based on time on waitlist

A team from Cleveland Clinic has developed a new model for prioritizing patients waiting for a lung transplant, aimed at improving outcomes and reducing deaths among those in need of donor lungs.

29 Sep 2023

New recommendations to improve outcomes at US congenital heart surgery centers

A set of recommendations to address the known variation in outcomes at US congenital heart surgery centers has been endorsed by 15 collaborating societies led by the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society (CHSS).

29 Sep 2023

Researchers describe the origin and fate of liver myofibroblasts

Hepatic fibrosis occurs when scar tissue replaces damaged cells in the liver. Over time, accumulating scarring distorts the liver, interferes with its blood supply and may progressively lead to worsening consequences, from cirrhosis to liver failure to liver cancer.

28 Sep 2023

Commonly used anti-viral drugs reduce risk of hospitalization, death in patients with mild COVID-19

New Cleveland Clinic-led research shows commonly used COVID-19 anti-viral drugs Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir) and Lagevrio (molnupiravir) reduce risk of hospitalization and death in high-risk patients with mild disease, even with Omicron subvariants.

28 Sep 2023

Acute kidney injury patients on dialysis may be overtreated

Patients with acute kidney injury requiring outpatient dialysis after hospital discharge receive the same care as those with the more common end-stage kidney disease, according to a study led by UC San Francisco.

28 Sep 2023

Living donor liver transplantation improves waitlist outcomes in high-risk cirrhosis patients

A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 17, entitled, "Availability of living donor optimizes timing of liver transplant in high-risk waitlisted cirrhosis patients."

26 Sep 2023

UMMC transplant team performs second pig heart transplant on patient with end-stage heart disease

After world's first successful transplant in 2022, also performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), this groundbreaking transplant team performed second pig heart transplant on patient deemed ineligible for traditional heart transplant.

25 Sep 2023

Cellular crosstalk between mother and offspring is more complex than expected

Scientists have known for decades that pregnancy requires a mother's body to adjust so that her immune system does not attack the growing fetus as if it were a hostile foreign invader.

22 Sep 2023

Annual NCCN Congress to focus on latest advances in blood cancer treatment

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2023 Annual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies returns to San Francisco this week, for the first time since 2019.

19 Sep 2023

New implantable device carries insulin-producing islet cells to control diabetes

One promising approach to treating Type 1 diabetes is implanting pancreatic islet cells that can produce insulin when needed, which can free patients from giving themselves frequent insulin injections.

19 Sep 2023

NYU Langone doctors complete longest-documented case of pig kidney transplant in human body

After 61 days of observation, NYU Langone Health doctors this month completed the longest-documented case of a genetically engineered pig kidney functioning in a human body.

14 Sep 2023

Single-ventricle physiology correlates with higher short-term mortality among adult congenital heart disease transplant recipients

UCLA-led research finds that among adult congenital heart disease (CHD) transplant recipients, single-ventricle physiology correlated with higher short-term mortality.

12 Sep 2023

CDC recommendations for pneumococcal vaccine in adults

Updated recommendations from the CDC on the use of pneumococcal vaccines in adults in the United States.

12 Sep 2023

Implantable sensor provides advanced warning 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 used biomarkers of kidney function, researchers report.

8 Sep 2023

Pre-clinical studies provide important first steps to prepare for first clinical bladder transplant

A series of pre-clinical studies provide important first steps in developing techniques of robotic bladder transplantation in humans, as reported in the October issue of The Journal of Urology®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA).

8 Sep 2023

NYU Langone offers the highest-quality kidney and lung transplant programs in the nation, new U.S. data reveals

The NYU Langone Transplant Institute offers the highest-quality kidney and lung transplant programs in the nation, according to new federal quality data, while its heart and liver transplant programs hold the highest organ survival rates in New York.

8 Sep 2023

Researchers develop first electronic device for continuously monitoring health of transplanted organs

Northwestern University researchers have developed the first electronic device for continuously monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time.

8 Sep 2023

Vitamin C and D supplementation may reduce AML treatment complications

Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who received vitamin C and D supplements while undergoing intensive chemotherapy had lower rates of complications, such as infections, bleeding, and inflammation, when compared with similar, previously treated patients who did not receive these supplements.

7 Sep 2023

New gene therapy offers hope for beta thalassemia patients

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland provides new therapy to first patient since FDA approval.

31 Aug 2023

Socioeconomic distress linked to worse outcomes after heart transplantation

People from socioeconomically distressed communities who underwent heart transplantation between 2004 and 2018 faced a 10% greater relative risk of experiencing graft failure and dying within five years compared to people from non-distressed communities.

31 Aug 2023

Transplant News and Research

New model prioritizes lung transplant candidates based on time on waitlist

New recommendations to improve outcomes at US congenital heart surgery centers

Researchers describe the origin and fate of liver myofibroblasts

Commonly used anti-viral drugs reduce risk of hospitalization, death in patients with mild COVID-19

Acute kidney injury patients on dialysis may be overtreated

Living donor liver transplantation improves waitlist outcomes in high-risk cirrhosis patients

UMMC transplant team performs second pig heart transplant on patient with end-stage heart disease

Cellular crosstalk between mother and offspring is more complex than expected

Annual NCCN Congress to focus on latest advances in blood cancer treatment

New implantable device carries insulin-producing islet cells to control diabetes

NYU Langone doctors complete longest-documented case of pig kidney transplant in human body

Single-ventricle physiology correlates with higher short-term mortality among adult congenital heart disease transplant recipients

CDC recommendations for pneumococcal vaccine in adults

Implantable sensor provides advanced warning of kidney transplant failure in rats

Pre-clinical studies provide important first steps to prepare for first clinical bladder transplant

NYU Langone offers the highest-quality kidney and lung transplant programs in the nation, new U.S. data reveals

Researchers develop first electronic device for continuously monitoring health of transplanted organs

Vitamin C and D supplementation may reduce AML treatment complications

New gene therapy offers hope for beta thalassemia patients

Socioeconomic distress linked to worse outcomes after heart transplantation

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