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Transplantation

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Xenotransplant Research Yields Bacon Safe for Some People Allergic to Red Meat

— Company that breeds the special pigs shares supply with allergy patients for free

A photo of David Ayares holding a package of frozen meat during an interview at the company’s offices in Blacksburg, Virginia

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Do People Buy Into Hospital-at-Home Care?; Nicotine Pouch Use

Also in TTHealthWatch: preventing kidney transplant rejection

Jul 13, 2024
What Cognitive Tests Show; Pig Kidney Recipient Dies; Human Plague Case Reported

Health news and commentary gathered by ľֱ staff

Jul 10, 2024
Medicare's Financial Incentives Still Falling Flat for Home Dialysis Uptake

Kidney transplants did not increase either

Jul 02, 2024
FDA Warns Eye Bank for Taking Donors Who Had Sepsis

All five donors should have been ineligible, FDA said

Jun 27, 2024
Medicare's Financial Incentives Still Falling Flat for Home Dialysis Uptake

Kidney transplants did not increase either

FDA Warns Eye Bank for Taking Donors Who Had Sepsis

All five donors should have been ineligible, FDA said

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Lung Transplant Graft Outcomes Relate Back to Donor Care Setting

Longer graft survival reported for lungs from hospital-based units

Jun 25, 2024
A photo of lungs lying in a stainless dish prior to transplantation.
Real-World Analysis Identifies Meds Tied to Higher Risk of Liver Injury

Case reports may not be as reliable, researchers say

Jun 25, 2024
A computer rendering of a liver under a red umbrella.
98-Year-Old Man Believed to Be the Oldest American Organ Donor Ever

Increasingly, older adults can donate organs upon their death, according to one expert

Jun 13, 2024
A photo of Orville Allen hugging his great-grandson in March 2024.
Rifaximin Prophylaxis Fails for Bacterial Peritonitis in Cirrhotic Patients

"Is it time to say primary prophylaxis is dead?" one expert asks

Jun 11, 2024
EASL over a photo of Milano Convention Centre in Milan, Italy
Patients With Severe ACLF on Liver Transplant Waitlists Face High Mortality Rates

Urgent need for organ allocation system reform, researchers say

Jun 09, 2024
EASL over a photo of Milano Convention Centre in Milan, Italy
A Win for Liver Transplantation in Unresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Three new trials address CRC liver metastases

Jun 04, 2024
ASCO over a photo of McCormick Place in Chicago, IL
Woman Is Back on Dialysis After Doctors Remove Transplanted Pig Kidney

Patient was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig

May 31, 2024
A photo of Lisa Pisano looking at photos of her dog after her surgeries at NYU Langone Health.
Changes to Liver Transplant Policy Increased Costs in Vulnerable Areas

Hospital costs increased 12% in low-income areas vs 5.1% in high-income areas

May 29, 2024
A photo of surgeons performing a liver transplant.
Monoclonal Antibody May Benefit Patients With ľֱ Transplant Rejection

But results were not fully durable after treatment cessation

May 28, 2024
 A computer rendering of antibodies in the blood.
FDA Urged to Relax Tissue Donation Restrictions for Gay, Bisexual Men

Advocates say policy should be based on individualized risk assessments, "not historic bias"

May 28, 2024
 A photo of donor cornea for transplant.
Outcomes OK With Transplant of Previously Dialyzed Kidneys

Risk for delayed graft function higher, but other endpoints no different

May 23, 2024
A photo of surgeons preparing a kidney for transplant.
Pig-Kidney Recipient Dies; Colon Cancers Surge in Teens; CRISPR Fails to Cure HIV

Health news and commentary gathered by ľֱ staff

May 13, 2024
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
Houston Transplant Scandal: Families of Patients Who Died Begin Legal Action

Surgeon has been accused of manipulating waitlist, making his patients ineligible for new livers

Apr 25, 2024
Photo of a press conference in The Woodland, Texas.
CAR-T Plus Stem-Cell Transplant Promising for CD7+ Blood Cancers

"All-in-one" approach appears safe, effective, in patients with relapsed/refractory disease

Apr 24, 2024
 Illustration of an engineered T-cell attacking a leukemia cell.
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