Are living liver donors at risk from life-threatening 'near-miss' events?
A study published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, reports that donor mortality is about 1 in 500 donors ...
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Apr 25, 2013 |
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Liver transplantation for patients with genetic liver conditions has high survival rate
Patients faced with the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease have to consider the seriousness of having a liver transplant, which can be a definitive cure for many acquired and genetic liver diseases. Among the main ...
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Apr 05, 2013 |
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Antioxidant improves donated liver survival rate to more than 90 percent
Researchers from Italy have found that the antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), when injected prior to harvesting of the liver, significantly improves graft survival following transplantation. Results published in the February ...
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Feb 25, 2013 |
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Increase in proportion of livers not used for transplantation
(HealthDay)—The proportion of livers not used for transplantation is increasing, with the primary causes being donation after cardiac death (DCD), older donor age, greater body mass index (BMI), and increasing ...
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Jan 22, 2013 |
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Decline in available liver transplants expected
A new study, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Health Resources and Services Administration, and published in the January 2013 issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the American Association for th ...
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Jan 10, 2013 |
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Swiss surgeons conduct complex multiple organ transplant
Surgeons in Zurich have carried out a complex, multi-organ transplant, hospital officials said Thursday, claiming the lessons learned would benefit patients with tumours that attack multiple organs.
Surgery
Dec 20, 2012 |
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Groundbreaking study that may change transplant practices
Researchers from John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, one of the nation's 50 best cancer centers, played an important role in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Oct ...
Medical research
Nov 20, 2012 |
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QoL up for live liver donors versus general population
(HealthDay)—Living liver donors from Japan have higher health-related quality of life (HRQOL) than the Japanese norm population, according to a study published in the November issue of Liver Transplantation.
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Nov 06, 2012 |
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Living donors fare well following liver transplantation
Researchers in Japan report that health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for donors following living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) was better than the general Japanese population (the norm). This study—one of the largest ...
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Nov 01, 2012 |
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Most liver transplant candidates receive donation offers
Most liver transplant candidates who died or were removed from the transplant list actually received one or more liver donation offers, according to a recent UCSF study.
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Oct 22, 2012 |
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Survival 'excellent' following living donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure
Patients in Japan who underwent living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for acute liver failure (ALF) were classified as having excellent outcomes, with ten-year survival at 73%. The findings, published in the September ...
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Sep 06, 2012 |
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Antibody prevents hepatitis C in animal model
A monoclonal antibody developed by MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and tested in an animal model at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, prevents infection by the hepatitis C virus ...
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Aug 30, 2012 |
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Obese donors increase risk of death for pediatric liver transplant recipients
Children undergoing liver transplantation are at greater risk of graft loss and death from adult organ donors who are severely obese according to research published in the August issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the ...
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Aug 01, 2012 |
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Japanese scientists show 'new' liver generation using hepatocyte cell transplantation
Researchers in Japan have found that hepatocytes, cells comprising the main tissue of the liver and involved in protein synthesis and storage, can assist in tissue engineering and create a "new liver system" in mouse models ...
Medical research
Jun 11, 2012 |
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U.S. liver transplants declining
(HealthDay) -- The number of liver transplants in the United States has decreased since 2006, a new study finds.
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May 22, 2012 |
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