Newswise Feature Channel: Transplantation

Disparities Narrowing Among Patients Undergoing Blood Stem Cell Transplant, Roswell Park Study Reveals

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:05:15 EST

Open Disparities Narrowing Among Patients Undergoing Blood Stem Cell Transplant, Roswell Park Study Reveals configuration options Historically, some patients with blood cancers have been less likely than others to receive stem cell transplant, also known as bone marrow transplant.

Dedication, Teamwork Key to Performing 10 Kidney Transplants in Two Days

Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:05:29 EST

It was truly a Labor Day weekend to remember at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where transplant teams performed 10 kidney transplants in two days -- and that was before even getting to Labor Day.

MD Anderson Research Highlights for September 19, 2024

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:00:52 EST

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson's world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.

What is Liver Transplant Rejection?

Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:05:47 EST

Receiving a liver transplant means also living with the possibility of rejection. Transplant rejection occurs when the body's immune system attacks the new organ. This risk is highest in the first year after the transplant, but rejection can happen at any time. To prevent this, patients take powerful medications to suppress their immune system and reduce inflammation.

Bone Marrow Transplant Donor and Recipient to Meet at Survivor Picnic

Loyola Medicine — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:05:06 EST

On Sunday, September 8, a 27-year-old Loyola Medicine patient will meet for the first time the Arizona man who donated bone marrow on three separate occasions to help save her life.

Immune Cells Prevent Lung Healing After Viral Infection

Cedars-Sinai — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:05:34 EST

Investigators involved in a multicenter study co-led by Cedars-Sinai discovered a pathway by which immune cells prevent the lungs' protective barrier from healing after viral infections like COVID-19. The findings, published in Nature, may lead to new therapeutic treatment options.

Scientists use magnetic nanotech to safely rewarm frozen tissues for transplant

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:00:00 EST

Looking to extend the viability of human tissues, researchers report in ACS' Nano Letters their efforts to facilitate completely freezing, rather than cooling and then thawing, potentially life-saving organs for transplant. They demonstrate a magnetic nanoparticle's successful rewarming of animal tissues.

Lung Transplant Recipient Celebrates 10 Years Post-Transplant

Loyola Medicine — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:05:25 EST

Sadly, only 20 percent of lung transplant recipients survive beyond the 10-year mark, a fact that is not lost on Diane Williams as she celebrates the tenth anniversary of her transplant. After suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a debilitating lung disease that causes scarring of the lungs, Williams received a life-saving lung transplant in 2014.

Almost 10% of US lung transplants go to COVID-19 patients. Researchers are learning why.

Michigan State University — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:05:44 EST

Researchers from Michigan State University and Corewell Health, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, have made a significant breakthrough in understanding post-COVID-19 lung complications.

Study shows donor kidneys with toxoplasma do not increase risks for transplant patients

UC Davis Health — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 17:05:03 EST

Researchers determined that transplant patients who receive kidneys infected with the parasite toxoplasma have virtually the same outcomes as those who receive toxoplasma-negative organs.

Study: Transplant Possible After Immunotherapy for Advanced Liver Cancer Patients

Cedars-Sinai — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:05:12 EST

Liver transplant is considered the best treatment for liver cancer, but only available for patients with early-stage disease. Now a study led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators has concluded that immunotherapy could make liver transplant an option for patients with later-stage cancer as well.

Potential New Approach to Enhancing Stem-Cell Transplants

Albert Einstein College of Medicine — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:00:00 EST

A discovery by a three-member Albert Einstein College of Medicine research team may boost the effectiveness of stem-cell transplants, commonly used for patients with cancer, blood disorders, or autoimmune diseases caused by defective stem cells, which produce all the body's different blood cells.

UCSF Health Reaches Lung Transplant Milestone

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 08:00:54 EST

The UCSF Lung Transplant Program has performed over 100 transplants in a year, making it one of a handful of medical centers in the nation to reach that milestone.

Rutgers Names Dr. Vikas Dharnidharka, Nationally Recognized Leader in Nephrology, Pediatrics and Transplantation, as New Chair of Pediatrics

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 09:05:04 EST

Dr. Vikas Dharnidharka will join Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as Henry Rutgers Professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics and also will serve as physician-in-chief of The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital (BMSCH) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases Diagnostics Innovation Across Therapeutic Areas at ADLM 2024

ADLM 2024 Press Program — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 10:05:25 EST

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will showcase its broad diagnostics portfolio and host a series of customer-led workshops and presentations that highlight industry developments and the company's latest innovations during the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine Conference (ADLM) July 28-Aug. 1, 2024, in Chicago, Ill.

Grants help advance research of novel vascular stent being developed at Ohio State

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:05:22 EST

Two recent grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and American Heart Association are helping fund research of a novel vascular stent being developed at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The multi-use retrievable stent has the potential to save lives by improving vascular surgery and drug delivery as well as expanding organ donation.

Vanderbilt Transplant Center Finishes Fiscal Year with Record 809 Solid Organ Transplants

Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:05:56 EST

The Vanderbilt Transplant Center performed a record number of solid organ transplants in fiscal year 2024 -- 809 life-saving procedures among its adult and pediatric programs. The adult program performed 760 transplants, and the pediatric program completed 49 transplants during the fiscal year, which ran from July 2023 until the end of June 2024.

SLU Researchers Invite Living Kidney Donors and Recipients to Join NIH-funded Study to Overcome Disparities in Kidney Disease, Transplantation

Saint Louis University — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:05:42 EST

Saint Louis University School of Medicine researchers led by Krista Lentine, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, will assess how the use of genetic testing may mitigate racial disparities in the health outcomes of people with chronic kidney disease, including organ donors and transplant recipients.

A Mayo Clinic alcanca um marco medico com o primeiro transplante de laringe total bem-sucedido do mundo realizado em um paciente com cancer ativo em um ensaio clinico historico

Mayo Clinic — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:05:28 EST

A Mayo Clinic anuncia uma conquista inovadora no transplante de orgaos, oferecendo esperanca a milhares de pessoas que perderam a capacidade de falar, engolir e respirar por conta propria devido a diminuicao da funcao ou perda da laringe.

Mayo Clinic logra un hito medico con el primer trasplante de laringe total exitoso del mundo realizado en un paciente con cancer activo en un ensayo clinico historico

Mayo Clinic — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:05:14 EST

Mayo Clinic anuncia un logro innovador en el trasplante de organos, ofreciendo esperanza a miles de personas que han perdido la capacidad de hablar, tragar y respirar por si mismas debido a la disminucion de la funcion o la perdida de la laringe.