News tagged with organ recipients
Immune system 'atlas' will speed detection of kidney transplant
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital have devised a new way to decode the immune signals that cause slow, chronic rejection of all transplanted kidneys. They've created ...
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Many patients ineligible for transplants
Mar 23, 2008 |
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Thousands of Americans listed as waiting for organ replacements do not qualify as recipients, United Network for Organ Sharing statistics reveal.
Radical reform is needed to stop the 'inhumane' practice of transplant tourism
Jun 13, 2008 |
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The UK government must bring in presumed consent to organ donation or allow a controlled donor compensation programme for unrelated live donors, in order to bring the "inhumane" practice of transplant tourism from the UK ...
Kidney transplant survival can be long-term for people with HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 19, 2009 |
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A Johns Hopkins study finds that HIV-positive kidney transplant recipients could have the same one-year survival rates for themselves and their donor organs as those without HIV, provided certain risk factors for transplant ...
Transplant patients have worse cancer outcomes, analysis shows
May 15, 2009 |
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After comparing two patient cancer registries—one featuring transplant patients and the other the general population—researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that transplant patients experience worse outcomes ...
Stem cell study seeks to wean non-related transplant recipients from anti-rejection drugs
May 28, 2009 |
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The immunosuppressive drugs required by organ transplant recipients after surgery can have serious side effects with prolonged use, including infection, heart disease and cancer. In an effort to reduce, or potentially eliminate ...
Gratitude is good medicine for organ recipients
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 15, 2007 |
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After immunosuppressants, the best medicine for organ transplant patients may be gratitude.
Kidney recipients could be picked by age
Feb 09, 2007 |
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Younger people in need of kidney transplants would get organs before older people under a controversial proposal announced in Houston.
Switching immunosuppressants reduces cancer risk in kidney
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Switching to a newer type of immunosuppressant drug may reduce the high rate of skin cancer after kidney transplantation, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and ...
Britain to outlaw most private organ transplants
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The British government said Friday that it plans to ban private organ transplants from dead donors to allay fears that prospective recipients can buy their way to the front of the line.
Some donor factors affect outcomes for HCV-positive liver transplant recipients
May 28, 2009 |
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Two new studies address donor factors that could affect outcomes for liver transplant recipients, particularly those with chronic hepatitis C (HCV). One found that donor steatosis, or fat in the liver, does not affect liver ...
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