When the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic hit in the first half of 2020, organ transplantation operations fell significantly across all countries. However, evidence is continuing to build that organ donation from patients with past, resolved ...
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A cohort study found that class I HLA evolutionary divergence (HED) of the donor predicts acute or chronic rejection of a liver transplant. This prognostic marker can be found rapidly at no additional cost and has the potential ...
Aug 24, 2021
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In the U.S., it's estimated that 4.5 million adults are diagnosed with chronic liver disease. It develops over time and may be caused a number of conditions including, hepatitis, genetics, alcohol overuse or cancer.
Apr 20, 2021
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About 1 in 5 patients who are on the national waiting list for a liver transplant die or become too sick before an organ becomes available. With an ever-growing need for organs, Mayo Clinic is working to increase awareness ...
Nov 12, 2020
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Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed the Midwest's first purely laparoscopic living donor surgery for liver transplantation in an adult recipient. The advanced procedure is available at only a few hospitals worldwide, ...
Oct 30, 2019
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Canada's province of Nova Scotia has proposed a law that would presume all citizens consent to being organ donors unless they opt out, breaking new ground in North America.
Apr 3, 2019
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The first large-scale clinical trial to study liver transplantation between people with HIV has begun at clinical centers across the United States. The HOPE in Action Multicenter Liver Study will determine the safety of this ...
Feb 14, 2019
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Among African-American adults undergoing liver transplant to treat liver cancer, patients whose organ donor was also African-American lived significantly longer than those with a racially unmatched donor, report authors of ...
Jan 10, 2019
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Using the latest techniques, MRI can provide a "one-stop-shop" method for evaluation of potential living liver donors, according to an article published in the July 2017 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR).
Jul 27, 2017
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Organ transplants performed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and across the United States in 2016 reached record highs, according to preliminary data from UAB and the United Network for Organ Sharing.
Jan 12, 2017
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