Pig-Kidney Xenotransplants Prove Successful in Two Brain-Dead Men "Life-sustaining kidney function" was seen with gene-edited pig kidneys Aug 16, 2023
Another HIV Patient Possibly Cured With Stem Cell Transplant But this case is unique, researchers say Jul 25, 2023
Experts Demand Overhaul of Organ Transplant System During Senate Hearing Patient representative has "zero confidence" in change if UNOS remains involved Jul 21, 2023
Economical Epoprostenol Good Enough After Major Cardiac Surgery Randomized trial compared two inhaled pulmonary vasodilators Jul 06, 2023
First Cellular Therapy Approved for Type 1 Diabetes Infusion made from deceased donor pancreatic islet cells Jun 29, 2023
Fecal Matter Transplant Shows Promise in Cirrhosis Pilot trial demonstrates that FMT can boost gut health, prevent serious infections Jun 25, 2023
Trial Affirms Safety of Circulatory-Death Heart Transplants 6-month results reported for perfusion-tested hearts outside of normal brain-death donation route Jun 08, 2023
New Antiviral Option for CMV Prophylaxis After Kidney Transplant Letermovir proved noninferior to standard of care in clinical trial Jun 06, 2023
Experts Outline Strategies for Boosting Equity in Chronic Kidney Disease Race-neutral calculations for kidney function, leveling the playing field on waiting lists May 15, 2023
What Caused Visual Disturbance in Kidney Transplant Patient? Genetic testing identified PAX2 gene variant May 15, 2023
Multimodal Evaluations May Flag Cardiac Allograft Problems Earlier Study underscores importance of anatomical, physiological parameters May 11, 2023
GLP-1 RAs Safe Months After Kidney Transplant Helped diabetics cut down on daily insulin dose, body weight May 08, 2023
Transplant Chief Was an Organ Recipient Herself Years ago, she had a liver transplant. Now she leads Hopkins' pediatric liver transplant program Apr 19, 2023
Floaters Affect Vision of Kidney Transplant Patient UL97- and UL54-resistant CMV retinitis treated with multivirus-specific T-cell therapy Apr 17, 2023
Monopoly Be Gone: A New Chapter in U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation A recent announcement from HHS has the power to transform our deeply flawed system Apr 04, 2023
Smaller Liver Transplant Candidates Wait Longer, Less Likely to Receive Organ Disparity mostly affects women, but allocating more livers from smaller donors may help Mar 29, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Plan to Overhaul the Organ Transplant System Steps include making contracting more competitive and publishing donation data Mar 22, 2023
Cancer Transmission From Organ Donors With Brain Tumors Not Much of a Risk In U.K. cohort study, no cases of transmission observed Mar 22, 2023
Vitamin B3 Doesn't Cut Skin Cancer Risk After Organ Transplant Randomized study finds no benefit with 12 months of nicotinamide versus placebo Mar 01, 2023
Kidney Transplant Less Likely in Adults With Developmental Disabilities "Urgent need" for anti-discrimination initiatives to promote equitable care, researchers argue Feb 15, 2023
Chilling Donors Not as Good as Machine Perfusion for Kidney Transplant Noninvasive cooling before organ removal didn't measure up for early organ function Feb 02, 2023
Change Coming for Bloated Congenital Heart Surgeon Workforce Subspecialty seeks to reinvigorate congenital heart training, early careers Jan 23, 2023
Epstein-Barr Virus Tracking After Liver Transplant May Cut Rare Complication Observational study provides suggestive evidence Jan 17, 2023
New Regimen for GvHD Prophylaxis in Well-Matched Reduced-Intensity Allo-HCT Post-transplant cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus, and MMF reduces GvHD without higher relapse risk Dec 14, 2022
Do Kidney Transplant Medications Supplant IBD Drugs? Study shows many patients no longer need drugs to help keep gut disease in check Dec 08, 2022
After Major Motorcycle Rallies, More Organs Available for Donation Study estimated 21% more organ donors, 26% more transplant recipients per day during rallies Nov 28, 2022
COVID Vaccine Mandates in the Spotlight at the AMA's Interim Meeting Sobriety criteria for liver transplant patients also discussed Nov 14, 2022
Steroids and G-CSF Boost 90-Day Survival in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Plus: Normothermic machine perfusion for liver transplants and Noom Weight for NASH Nov 11, 2022
Saline Goes Head-to-Head With Balanced Crystalloid IV Fluids for Kidney Transplant Researcher argued saline should be reconsidered as the standard IV fluid used Nov 07, 2022
BP Control Beneficial for Liver Transplant Recipients Patients who kept their blood pressure under 140/90 mm Hg had better kidney function at 1 year Nov 07, 2022
Low Carb Diet Boosts Weight Loss for Liver Transplant Recipients With Obesity LCD also positively impacted patients' metabophenotype Nov 06, 2022
New HRS Drug Cuts Need for Renal Replacement Tx After Liver Transplant Follow-up data from CONFIRM trial show terlipressin benefit in key subgroup Oct 25, 2022
Older, Sicker Patients Benefit From ECMO Bridge to Lung Transplant CHEST session also examined other hot topics in lung transplant Oct 20, 2022
The Kidney Transplant Ecosystem Is Ripe for Reform Here are the policies and payment systems that need to change Oct 11, 2022
The Search Is On for Another Xeno Heart Transplant Recipient Transplant surgeons discuss testing the concept in more humans Oct 04, 2022
UNOS to Revamp Heart Allocation Rules to Rein in Transplant Waitlist Tricks It may be goodbye to priority tiers, hello to points-based ranking system in coming years Oct 03, 2022
Growing Calls to Marry HF Specialists With Cardiac Critical Care Cardiac ICU staffing issues require a multidisciplinary team approach, some say Oct 02, 2022
No Brain Death? No Problem. New Organ Transplant Protocol Stirs Debate. Is it ethical to pull the plug in patients who aren't brain dead, then restart their hearts? Sep 28, 2022
Low MELD Score No Barrier to Long Survival After Living-Donor Transplant End-stage liver disease patients with scores as low as 11 achieved survival of 13 years or beyond Aug 03, 2022
