Error in new lung transplant algorithm harmed sick and dying patients
The new algorithm was supposed to help distribute lungs more fairly to people who desperately needed life-saving transplants.
Jul 1, 2024
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The new algorithm was supposed to help distribute lungs more fairly to people who desperately needed life-saving transplants.
Jul 1, 2024
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With a global increase in the demand for organ transplants, the organ shortage crisis has taken a turn for the worse, as the supply of available organs remains insufficient to meet this growing need. A way to improve this ...
Jun 20, 2024
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Stem cell transplants can help ensure remission for some cancer patients. However, approximately 40% to 50% of cancer patients who have a type of stem cell transplant where cells are donated by another person experience a ...
Jun 3, 2024
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For adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a type of cancer that originates in the bone marrow, allogeneic stem cell transplantation (more commonly known as a bone marrow transplant) may be necessary for survival.
May 15, 2024
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A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help children await heart transplants at home, not in the hospital, has performed well in the first stage of human testing.
May 7, 2024
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Changes in personality following a heart transplant have been noted pretty much ever since transplants began. In one case, a person who hated classical music developed a passion for the genre after receiving a musician's ...
May 6, 2024
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Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. Unfortunately, many may never get the call saying that a suitable donor organ—and a second chance at life—has been found. It's estimated that more than ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Re-perfusing the lungs of an organ donor with a technique called normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) after the heart has irreversibly stopped beating could potentially increase the number of patients receiving lung transplants, ...
Apr 12, 2024
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Artificial intelligence will significantly impact the heart transplantation process by helping physicians better assess the complex factors impacting patient outcomes, according to researchers at today's Annual Meeting and ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Dr. Gary Gibbon didn't have long to live. A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs and caused irreparable damage to his liver.
Mar 29, 2024
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