"I saw everything," says 74-year-old Harry Stackhouse from Illinois, who was awake during his recent kidney transplant. He felt no pain as he chatted with doctors, examined the donor organ, and watched the surgical team staple ...
Aug 7, 2024
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A new study from UC Davis Health could help to increase the supply of donor kidneys.
Aug 7, 2024
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Findings from a study published in Nature Medicine show that donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA), also called liquid biopsy, has the potential for early detection of kidney transplant rejection.
Aug 7, 2024
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Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)-related and metabolic and alcohol-related liver disease (MetALD)-related cirrhosis is responsible for one-third of cirrhosis cases seen in the intensive care ...
Aug 6, 2024
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The method used across the United States to wait-list children for heart transplants does not consistently rank the sickest patients first, according to a new study led by Stanford Medicine experts.
Aug 5, 2024
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Emory researcher David Weiss has spent years studying a baffling phenomenon called heteroresistance, in which a tiny fraction of bacteria remain resistant to antibiotics, while the remainder succumb. Recently, he brought ...
Aug 2, 2024
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have created a panel that is able to provide a diagnosis for more than 90% of pediatric cancer patients by sequencing 0.15% of the human genome. The panel is a cost-effective ...
Aug 2, 2024
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Disparities in timely wait-listing among pediatric kidney transplant candidates expose some patients to greater harms from dialysis, according to a study published online Aug. 1 in Pediatrics.
Aug 1, 2024
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In a year-long pilot program, external mentorship increased confidence, furthered career development, and facilitated networking opportunities for trainees in classical hematology, according to a study published in Blood ...
Aug 1, 2024
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New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) showed giving chemotherapy shortly after a stem cell or bone marrow transplant from a less than perfectly matched donor greatly reduces the chances that the patient ...
Jul 31, 2024
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