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New Way to Increase Organ Donor Registrations
A simple, no cost intervention that can double registration rates has been tested by Queens University, Boston University, University of Toronto, University of Rochester, and Treasury Board Secretariat, Government of Canada researchers. ...
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New Way to Treat Post-transplant Patients
A new blood biomarker way to treat post-transplant patients has been discovered by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers. The blood biomarker could give doctors an opportunity to intervene and prevent permanent damage. ...
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Hyderabad Metro Transports 'Live Heart' for Transplant
For the first time, a beating heart from one hospital was successfully transported to the other for transplantation by a Metro train in Hyderabad. The heart from a brain-dead person at Kamineni Hospital located at L B Nagar was transported by ...
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COVID-19 Patients Undergo Liver Transplants
Seven COVID-19 patients underwent liver transplants successfully at the Gleneagles Global Hospitals, Lakdikapul here since the lockdown was relaxed in May last year. According to doctors, in two instances, both the donor and the recipient ...
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Covid-19 Pandemic Takes 50% Lives Of Liver Transplant Patients
Patients who were in need of early liver transplant died due to fear of contracting Covid-19 or due to testing positive just before the transplant surgery. Doctors said that about 50% liver transplant patients lost their lives . According to ...
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New System Redefines How U.S. Patients Prioritized for Liver Transplant
A new risk scoring system developed by researchers prioritizes liver cancer patients for transplantation. A new risk scoring system developed by researchers prioritizes liver cancer patients for transplantation. The system was developed by ...
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Study Shows Why Pregnancy May Increase Risk Of Organ Transplant Rejection
In pregnancy, the part of the immune system that produces antibodies was found to be sensitized, creating memory B cells that can later contribute to the rejection of a transplanted organ, stated a new study at the University of Chicago. ...
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Frailty: Key Factor in Higher Mortality for Women Awaiting Liver Transplants
Frailty was found to play a vital role in higher mortality in women awaiting liver transplants, revealed a study headed by the UC San Francisco and Columbia University. The study followed 1,405 patients with cirrhosis, of whom 41 percent were ...
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Available Drugs Prevent Rejection After Transplantation
After transplantation of cells, tissues, or organs, it is important to control inflammation to prevent graft rejection. This can be difficult as continuous injuries due to chronic rejection can pose serious problems. A new study has reported that ...
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PGIMER Chandigarh Bags the Award for Best Hospital in Organ Donation
For the fourth time in a row, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) at Chandigarh has bagged the award for 'Best Hospital' for its outstanding contribution towards promotion of cadaver organ donation. ...
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Lung Transplant Patients Not Given Anti-fungal Preventive Drugs Have Higher Death Risk: Study
In the first year following lung transplantation, anti-fungal drugs reduced mortality risk by half, stated a Mayo Clinic research involving 667 patients who received lung transplants from 2005 to 2018. The findings of the study are published in the ...
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Tailored Education System Benefits Kidney Transplant Patients
‘Your Path to Transplant', the new computer-tailored education system, was found to increase knowledge and readiness to pursue kidney transplant, said researchers. Patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease on dialysis ...
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Heart Transplants from Severely Obese Donors Show Comparable Outcomes for Patients, Says Study
Heart transplant patients who received hearts from severely obese donors were found to have similar short-term outcomes and long-term survival as patients who received hearts from non-obese donors stated new research published today in ...
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Priorities for Kidney Transplant Patients and Donors During COVID-19
Vision of optimal patient advocacy has been described by the authors to overcome the challenges of kidney transplant patients and donors and make the vision a reality, especially during COVID-19. A panel of patients was assembled to understand ...
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Safe Kidney Transplant Possible from Hepatitis-C Positive Donors
Transplanting kidneys from deceased donors with positive hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infection can be done safely to non-infected recipients, if the recipients have been put on a regimen of direct-acting antiviral therapies as early as two days after ...
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