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In an effort to expand the donor pool for lung transplant recipients and give surgeons more time to removed diseased lungs, the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute (CTI) is now routinely repairing damaged donor lungs using 鈥渓ungs in a box鈥� (lung perfusion) technology and storing them for transplantation by putting 鈥渓ungs in a fridge鈥� (lung refrigeration). These innovative approaches are yielding dramatic benefits for patients and staff alike.

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Roswell Park experts will share new discoveries and insights at the 2025 Tandem Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (ASTCT) and Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) Feb. 12-15 in Honolulu.

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Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutch Cancer Center research findings, patient stories and other news.

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Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Clinicians, Investigators Available for Media Interviews About Cardiovascular Treatments, Procedures, Research

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Hundreds of potential kidney donors of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage in the UK can now get a simple blood test to help reduce the risk of kidney failure.

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Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles has the best one-and three-year post-transplant patient and graft survival rates in the nation for pediatric liver transplants, according to newly released 2025 data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) and the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN).

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A new study published in Nature Communications shows that oral fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a feasible and safe addition to preventing graft-versus-host disease in patients undergoing stem cell transplantation for blood cancers.

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My mom would say that I've always wanted to be a doctor. That comes from the fact that I had a wonderful pediatrician who was a great role model for me and that my own experiences made me want to help children facing the same issues I faced.

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A new study led by UCLA Health highlights the link between socioeconomic disadvantage, Medicaid insurance, and poorer survival rates after heart transplantation. Researchers found that Medicaid-insured heart transplant patients had a higher likelihood of developing cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), a condition that affects transplanted hearts and can limit long-term survival. It has been reported that CAV contributes to more than 30% of all deaths in the first 5 to 10 years following heart transplantation.

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Rockville, Md.鈥擳he ARVO Foundation congratulates Mohajeet Bhuckory, PhD (Stanford University) 鈥� the 2024 recipient of the Point of View Award. Established by the Point of View Foundation (Fundaci贸 Punt de Vista), the award provides a $20,000 cash prize in recognition of an outstanding scholarly article related to efforts to restore vision through regenerative ophthalmology, biotechnology, whole eye transplantation or other approaches.

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Lurie Children鈥檚 performed a record number of 44 kidney transplants in 2024 compared to 26 in 2023. Not only is this a record for the hospital, but it is the highest number of pediatric transplants in the nation. In addition, the program continues to main exceptional volumes, with the strongest 1 year in the nation for pediatric kidney transplant.

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Houston Methodist researchers have identified a key protein as a potential therapeutic target for stopping the body鈥檚 immune system from mistakenly attacking itself, offering new hope for treating autoimmune diseases and allergies.

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The Vanderbilt Transplant Center had a banner year in 2024, setting a world record by performing 174 adult and pediatric heart transplants. The number of patients whose lives were saved by Vanderbilt鈥檚 heart transplant team far surpasses any previous total by an individual transplant center.

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Continuing significant advancements in the field of xenotransplantation, surgeon-scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine provided an extensive analysis on the second patient in the world to receive a genetically-modified pig organ. Lawrence Faucette, 58, received a pig heart at the University of Maryland Medical Center in 2023 to treat his end-stage heart failure. He lived for 40 days before choosing to forgo additional treatment after the transplant began to fail due to rejection.

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Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutch Cancer Center research findings, patient stories and other news.