Surgery
New rule allows HIV-positive organ transplants
People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV under a new rule announced Tuesday by U.S. health officials.
Nov 26, 2024
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Genetics
Researchers identify a novel genetic cause of mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome
Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MTDPS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by a marked decrease in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). This condition can cause symptoms including muscle weakness, fatigue, and neurological ...
Nov 25, 2024
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Surgery
Battling barriers to transplant surgery
Each year, there are thousands of people waiting for a kidney or liver transplant in the U.S. Some of those transplant candidates are living with diabetes, high blood pressure or obesity, which can sometimes complicate transplant ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Surgery
Updated model reduces liver transplant disparities for women
Since the adoption of a new model for assessing the severity of liver disease, women are more likely to be added to the waitlist for a liver transplant, more likely to receive a transplant, and less likely to drop off the ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Understanding hepatitis C
Around 2 to 3 million people live with hepatitis C in the U.S. and 40% of those people (roughly 800,000) were not even aware that they had the infection. Hepatitis C is common and completely treatable.
Nov 13, 2024
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Genetics
Scientists successfully reverse liver fibrosis in mice
Cirrhosis, hepatitis infection and other causes can trigger liver fibrosis—a potentially lethal stiffening of tissue that, once begun, is irreversible. For many patients, a liver transplant is their only hope. However, ...
Nov 1, 2024
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Surgery
Mayo Clinic completes its first paired liver donation for transplantation
Anne Werpy rang a bell in late August, signifying her discharge from a recovery unit at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, after her liver transplant. Werpy received her liver as part of a unique pairing that matched recipients ...
Oct 24, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Organ allocation changes lead to better survival rates for children with liver failure
Liver transplantation is currently the only cure for pediatric acute liver failure (PALF), a rapidly progressing and life-threatening condition that can affect previously healthy children. Some children do not get a transplant ...
Oct 2, 2024
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Medications
Ozempic could curb progression of diabetes-linked liver disease
Fatty liver disease linked to diabetes and obesity can easily progress to liver cirrhosis, but new research suggests that GLP-1 medicines like Ozempic can help stop that.
Sep 16, 2024
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First-of-its kind program makes organ transplants more accessible to disadvantaged Black Americans
Black people in the United States are almost four times more likely to develop kidney failure and experience heart failure compared to white Americans, but they are much less likely to receive lifesaving transplants.
Aug 26, 2024
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Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver allograft. The most commonly used technique is orthotopic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and replaced by the donor organ in the same anatomic location as the original liver. Liver transplantation nowadays is a well accepted treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure. Typically three surgeons and one anesthesiologist are involved, with up to four supporting nurses. The surgical procedure is very demanding and ranges from 4 to 18 hours depending on outcome. Numerous anastomoses and sutures, and many disconnections and reconnections of abdominal and hepatic tissue, must be made for the transplant to succeed, requiring an eligible recipient and a well-calibrated live or cadaveric donor match. By any standard, hepatic transplantation is a major surgical procedure with an appreciable degree of risk.[citation needed]
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