Latest - Transplantation

• Yale Study Revives Cellular Activity in Pig Brains Hours After Death Yale University scientists have succeeded in restoring basic cellular activity in pigs' brains hours after their deaths in a finding that may one day lead to advances in treating human stroke and brain injuries, researchers reported on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• 3D Printer Makes Swaths of Cardiac Tissue and a Tiny 'Heart' Heart facsimiles up to 2 cm across were printed, along with squares of tissue that could potentially patch up damaged myocardium, from 'inks' containing cultured myocytes and endothelial cells.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019
• Multiple Listing in Lung Transplant Candidates Might the practice of multiple listing improve the likelihood of a candidate receiving a lung transplant?
  American Journal of Transplantation, April 2019
• St. Jude Doctors Claim Cure for 'Bubble Boy' Disease Relying on the trickery used by the AIDS virus to infect people, doctors at two medical centers say they have cured 10 infants of so-called bubble boy disease, a genetic defect that leaves children, typically boys, without an immune system.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Hepatitis C Patients How do neuropsychiatric symptoms differ among those with hepatitis C versus other manifestations of hepatitis, and what insights might these differences provide regarding their etiology?
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, April 2019
• Smartphone App Helps Predicts Abdominal Incisional Hernia One out of every eight patients who undergo abdominal surgery will develop an incisional hernia and a new smartphone app developed by a team from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine can accurately predict a patient's risk for IH at the bedside.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• IM 2019'This is Our Lane': Doctors Work to Close Firearm Loopholes Bills that strengthen background checks and fund gun-violence-prevention research are supported by the American College of Physicians, as are 'red flag' laws being passed by some states.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019
• ISN 2019Atrasentan Back on the SONAR for Diabetes and Kidney Disease A trial of the experimental drug suggests major benefits for patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease, an analysis of data conducted after the SONAR study was halted shows.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019
• ISN 2019Diabetes Drug 'Home Run' Curtailing Kidney Failure Risk Canagliflozin also showed cardiovascular benefits in the CREDENCE multicenter trial, with no imbalance in adverse events, investigators shared here at the nephrology world congress.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019
• Protective Effects of Coffee Post- Liver Transplant for HCC Does coffee consumption reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, April 2019
• ISN 2019Home-Dialysis Patients Fare Better Patients with kidney failure do better with home dialysis, new research shows, but uptake is generally low and requires motivation and education, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019
• Physician Salaries Up in 2019, Report Shows Who Earns the Most A new Medscape report shows primary care salaries are up 21.5% since 2015 and specialists' are up 20%. This year, 74% of physicians say they perform at least 10 hours of administrative tasks a week.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019
• Improved Liver Transplant Waitlist Mortality With DAAs Did introduction of sofosbuvir increase the survival of patients awaiting liver transplant?
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, April 2019
• Patients Hang on Your Every Word, Says Doc With New Heart   Bioethicist Art Caplan talked to transplant surgeon Robert Montgomery about what he learned as a patient when he underwent heart transplant surgery.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2019
• ILC 2019Live Organ Donor Dangers Debunked by Unlikely Source With more than 17,000 patients on the wait list for a liver in the United States but only 5000 deceased-donor livers available each year, specialists are grappling with gaps and new ideas to help.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019
• 'Excellent' Transplant Outcomes With Hearts Donated After Circulatory Death Heart transplantation with organs donated after circulatory death (DCD) can yield "excellent" outcomes, researchers from Australia report.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• Dozens of Clinics Market Risky Cell Therapies to Treat Eye Disorders Scores of clinics across the United States directly advertise expensive - but unproven - stem cell therapies to patients with serious eye diseases, often with devastating results, a new study warns.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2019
• Safety of MMR Vaccination After Pediatric Liver Transplant Is it safe for pediatric liver transplant recipients to receive the MMR vaccine?
  American Journal of Transplantation, April 2019
• FDA Chief Wants Release of Medical Device Data Tracking Problems Scott Gottlieb stated that it's "imperative that all safety information be available to the public." The FDA will release thousands of previously unpublished injury reports tied to medical devices.
  Kaiser Health News, April 2019
• HCV-Infected Hearts, Lungs Safe With Preemptive Antivirals Excellent survival and graft function was seen in uninfected organ recipients after a short course of antiviral treatment in a pilot trial. The findings could potentially expand the organ donor pool.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2019