UCSF Health鈥檚 Lung Transplant program has been awarded INTERLINK鈥檚 2025 Chairman鈥檚 Award for Transplant Excellence as the top-performing lung transplant program in the nation. The UCSF program, which is the largest lung transplant program in the Western U.S., was selected as the No.1 performing program for lung transplantation for the third consecutive year.
ATS Breathe Easy - The Latest: Short of Breath, But Not Short of Hope
Debunking myths surrounding organ donation.
Liver transplants are becoming a new treatment option for certain colorectal cancer patients whose cancer has spread to their liver and are ineligible for other surgical options. This innovative approach is providing hope to colorectal cancer patients who otherwise are often faced with a grim prognosis.
Scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine and eight other institutions in the United States, Africa and Europe say they have identified a potential new gene target that could be edited to treat sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder marked by sickle-shaped red blood cells that cause intense pain and shorten lifespans.
Today, leaders from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) will meet with their congressional delegations and call for their support of $67 million in funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Organ Transplantation Program in FY 26.
Northwestern Medicine launches clinical program to make liver transplants more accessible for patients with stage 4 colorectal cancer
Children's Hospital Los Angeles developed work-study jobs for college students interested in medical careers
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) commends Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Ben Ray Luj谩n (D-NM) for introducing legislation to better support living donors, the Honor Our Living Donors (HOLD) Act.
In a preclinical study, researchers at Children鈥檚 Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated a novel gene therapy with potentially increased effectiveness and safety for the treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a rare disease in young children characterized by the deficient activity of a critical enzyme.
More than 90,000 people are on the waiting list for a kidney in the U.S. Unfortunately, less than a third of those waiting for a kidney transplant can expect to get one this year. This comes as rates of chronic kidney disease, which can lead to kidney failure, continue to climb across the globe. But there is a way to help.
Surgeons and teams with Vanderbilt Lung Transplant performed 99 lung transplants in 2024, the most ever in one year. Two of the procedures involved combined organ transplants. For the second calendar year in a row, Vanderbilt Lung Transplant has the busiest program in the Southeast and leads the nation in innovation in organ preservation and regeneration.
The AANS, CNS, and over 40 other leading medical organizations sent a joint letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), expressing concerns over the agency鈥檚 new policy imposing a 15% cap on indirect cost rates for all NIH grants.
A modified bone marrow transplant procedure for sickle cell disease (SCD) co-developed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the University of California, San Francisco, can cure the disease, a new study has found.
Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center y el Smidt Heart Institute establecieron un nuevo r茅cord en 2024 al completar 682 trasplantes de 贸rganos s贸lidos, la mayor cantidad que el centro m茅dico ha realizado en un a帽o, ya que los resultados de supervivencia de los pacientes continuaron alcanzando o superando la media nacional.
The Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center and the Smidt Heart Institute set a new record in 2024 by completing 682 solid organ transplants鈥攖he most the medical center has performed in a year鈥攁s patient survival outcomes continued to meet or exceed the national average.
Cirujanos de Mayo Clinic descubrieron que un enfoque innovador puede ayudar a los pacientes con obesidad a recibir atenci贸n vital. La obesidad puede ser una barrera para el transplante de h铆gado. La Dra. Julie Heimbach, directora del Centro de Trasplantes de Mayo Clinic en Rochester, Minnesota, afirma que la combinaci贸n de la cirug铆a de manga g谩strica, un tipo de cirug铆a bari谩trica, con el trasplante de h铆gado, es eficaz para hacer frente a ambos problemas de salud.
Cirurgi玫es da Mayo Clinic descobriram que uma abordagem inovadora pode ajudar pacientes com obesidade a receber cuidados vitais. A obesidade pode ser uma barreira para o transplante de f铆gado. A Dra. Julie Heimbach, diretora do Centro de Transplantes da Mayo Clinic em Rochester, Minnesota, afirma que a combina莽茫o da cirurgia de manga g谩strica, um tipo de cirurgia bari谩trica, com o transplante de f铆gado, 茅 eficaz para lidar com ambos os problemas de sa煤de.
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