In a large study based on register data from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) spanning a total of 44,516 patients across the globe, an international team of researchers has shown a significant ...
Dec 8, 2021
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A US medical team has succeeded in temporarily attaching a pig's kidney to a person, a transplant breakthrough hailed as a "potential miracle" by the surgeon who led the procedure.
Oct 21, 2021
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A "humanized" mouse model equipped with the immune system of a patient who needs an organ transplant beats current measures for identifying the best potential living donor, scientists report.
Aug 27, 2021
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Survival rates after a heart transplant are unaffected if the organ donor had used illicit drugs or died due to an overdose, a fact that is increasing the availability of hearts due to the rise in drug overdose deaths in ...
Jul 28, 2021
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Immune cells called natural killer cells contribute to organ rejection after transplantation because they miss "self" proteins on donor cells, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of JASN. A better understanding ...
Jul 22, 2021
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Split liver transplantation (SLT) provides an opportunity to divide a donor liver and offer transplants to two small patients, one or both of whom could be a child. SLT, which is underused in the United States, could be used ...
Jul 9, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Deceased organ donation increased among some racial groups, particularly among Black people, from 1999 to 2017, but substantial racial and ethnic differences remain, according to a study published online Feb. ...
Feb 23, 2021
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When kidneys are removed from deceased organ donors in the United States, they are often subjected to "procurement biopsies" and are discarded if certain abnormalities are seen in the kidney tissue—a practice that worsens ...
Dec 15, 2020
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Organ procurement organizations are a critical component in organ transplantation in the United States. But, what makes an organ procurement organization high performing and obtaining much needed organs to those awaiting ...
Dec 3, 2020
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In 2019, surgeons across the U.S. performed a record high number of organ transplant procedures (39,719), according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). More than 19,000 living and deceased donors gave the gift ...
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