Tag: Organ Transplants
Man Lives 271 Days With Pig Kidney, Setting Medical Record
The case is helping scientists dive deeper into the future of xenotransplantation
AAO: Donor Diabetes Status Does Not Impact Success of Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty
Donor diabetes severity also did not affect DMEK one-year success
Organ Donation Agency Could Be First Ever Shut Down by U.S. Government
Miami’s Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency is being shut down over safety issues
New Hampshire Man Doing Well After Experimental Pig Kidney Transplant
Scientists are genetically modifying pigs so their organs are less likely to be rejected by the human immune system
Pig Lung Transplanted Into Man for 9 Days in Groundbreaking Study
HHS Plans to Reform Organ Procurement Protocols
Agency wants to strengthen national safeguards and monitoring to improve organ donation safety
Cell Therapy MDR-101 Produces Functional Immune Tolerance in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Fifteen of 20 HLA-matched living donor recipients achieved the primary end point of being immunosuppression-free for more than two years
Standard-Criteria Kidney Transplant Offers Clear Survival Benefit Over Continued Dialysis
Decrease in survival benefits with age in expanded criteria donor kidney transplant recipients, especially those with CVD
Early, Preemptive Kidney Transplant No Aid to Mortality
Rates of preemptive kidney transplants remained at ~18 percent of total kidney transplants from 2000 to 2020
Post-Kidney Transplant Adverse Outcomes Increased With BMI-BSA Obesity
Risks were significantly greater than when body mass index and body surface area were discordant
