Health
Availability of family and friends key factor in deciding organ transplant suitability
This may sanction existing prejudices and widen inequalities in selection process, warn researchers
Jun 28, 2018
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Surgery
Antibodies may predict transplant rejection risk
The presence of certain antibodies in patients may suggest a higher risk of transplant rejection across multiple organ types, including the kidney, liver, heart and lungs, according to a new study published in PLOS Medicine.
Jun 19, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Canadian team reports success in transplanting hepatitis C organs
A long-running shortage in donor organs has pushed doctors to find ways to use those with hepatitis C, an infection that is increasingly common in the United States due to the opioid crisis, and which can be cured with medicine.
Jun 14, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sun defenses up in transplant patients after skin cancer study
(HealthDay)—For organ transplant recipients, participation in a skin cancer research study is associated with increased use of multiple sun protection behaviors, according to a research letter published online June 6 in ...
Jun 13, 2018
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Organ transplants—knowing more about where donors live could save lives
In 2017-18, a record number of people (1,575 in total) in the UK donated their organs after death, resulting in more than 5,000 life-saving or life-improving transplants. These figures, released by NHS Blood and Transplant, ...
Jun 1, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clues found to early lung transplant failure
Among organ transplant patients, those receiving new lungs face a higher rate of organ failure and death compared with people undergoing heart, kidney and liver transplants. One of the culprits is inflammation that damages ...
May 21, 2018
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Cardiology
New algorithm more accurately predicts life expectancy after heart failure
A new algorithm developed by UCLA researchers more accurately predicts which people will survive heart failure, and for how long, whether or not they receive a heart transplant. The algorithm would allow doctors to make more ...
May 17, 2018
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Surgery
The opioid epidemic has boosted the number of organs available for transplant
At this very moment, more than 110,000 people across the United States are lingering on organ transplant waiting lists. The ravages of the opioid epidemic have created an unforeseen opportunity ? an increase in the availability ...
May 16, 2018
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Surgery
Brains, eyes, testes: off-limits for transplants?
Since the world's first successful organ transplant in 1954—a kidney—the discipline has advanced to the point where a wounded soldier could have his penis and scrotum replaced in a groundbreaking operation last month.
Apr 28, 2018
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Surgery
Transplanted livers help body defend against organ rejection, study finds
For decades, transplant experts have observed that liver transplant recipients often need less anti-rejection medication, known as immunosuppressive drugs, than recipients of other solid organs. Similarly, when patients receive ...
Apr 18, 2018
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