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Maintenance Immunosuppressive Drugs Tied to Severe COVID-19
TUESDAY, Nov. 7, 2023 – Maintenance immunosuppressive drugs are associated with an increased risk for COVID-19 hospitalization in solid organ transplant recipients, according to a study published...
Second Person to Receive Pig Heart Dies Six Weeks After Transplant
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023 – The second person to ever receive a transplanted pig heart has died. Lawrence Faucette, 58, got the transplant just six weeks earlier at the University of Maryland Medical C...
Second Person to Receive Pig Heart Dies Six Weeks After Transplant
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 1, 2023 – The second person to ever receive a transplanted pig heart has died. Lawrence Faucette, 58, got the transplant just six weeks earlier at the University of Maryland Medical C...
Donor's Immune Cells Could Help Transplant Recipients Avoid Organ Rejection
MONDAY, Oct. 16, 2023 – A liver transplant can give people a new lease on life, but at the cost of lifelong immune-suppressing medication and its risks. Now an innovative approach to reduce, or...
Monkey Given Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Still Alive Two Years Later
FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 – Two years after a gene-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a monkey, researchers report the monkey is still alive. “We’re the only group in the field to comprehensively ad...
Model Developed for Prioritizing Patients Waiting for Lung Transplant
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 – A new model has been developed for prioritizing patients waiting for a lung transplant, according to a study published online Sept. 29 in the American Journal of...
High-Risk Patients Awaiting Liver Transplant Benefit Most From Living Donors
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023 – High-risk cirrhosis patients awaiting liver transplant (LT) most benefit from potential living donors, according to a study published online Sept. 2 in Aging. Fakhar Ali...
Sarcopenia Worsens Liver Transplant Outcomes for Patients With Cirrhosis
THURSDAY, Oct. 5, 2023 – Sarcopenia is associated with adverse outcomes after liver transplantation (LT) in patients with decompensated cirrhosis (DC), according to a study published online Sept. 21...
Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Transplant Into Second Patient
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 – A second human patient has received a genetically altered pig heart as he battles the ravages of end-stage heart disease. The 58-year-old man, Lawrence Faucette, received...
Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 – A second human patient has received a genetically altered pig heart as he battles the ravages of end-stage heart disease. The 58-year-old man, Lawrence Faucette, received...
Short-Term Survival Worse for Single-Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease Patients
MONDAY, Sept. 25, 2023 – Single-ventricle congenital heart disease (CHD) patients undergoing heart transplant have worse short-term survival, according to a study published online in the Sept. 19...
Implant Can Warn Weeks Early That Transplanted Organ Will Be Rejected
FRIDAY, Sept. 8, 2023 – Receiving an organ transplant can be a nerve-wracking, if lifesaving, affair, said Dr. Joaquin Brieva, a kidney transplant recipient. “Within two days of my transplant, my k...
In a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 – For the first time ever, a solid humanized organ has been grown from scratch in an animal — a first step in a process that could potentially solve organ shortages and save c...
In Primate Study, Antibody Treatment Prevents Organ Rejection After Transplant
THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 – A new study in non-human primates shows potential for using a manmade monoclonal antibody to help prevent organ rejection after a transplant. The antibody was successful in...
Getting His Life Back: Regaining Strength After a Triple-Organ Transplant
MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2023 – Valance Sams Sr. believes that he has experienced "a miracle." Sams, now 46, underwent a triple organ transplant in the spring of 2023, making him one of fewer than 50 people...
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