Science news articles about 'transplant recipients'Kidneys donated after cardiac death could reduce disparities for black kidney transplant recipients
... the organ shortage but also to mitigate the existing disparities for black kidney transplant recipients. They add that the racial disparities in organ and patient survival after kidney transplantation ... Liver transplant recipients almost 3 times more likely to develop cancer
Cancer incidence is higher among liver transplant recipients in Finland compared to the general population, ... a total of 39 post-transplant de novo cancers in 36 patients. The overall standardized ... Liver transplant recipients have higher cancer risk
... of Canada used the Canadian Organ Replacement Registry to gather information on all liver transplant recipients and cross-reference them with national mortality and cancer incidence databases.
The ... Depression and PTSD symptoms in caregivers of lung transplant patients
... to researchers who analyzed the stress levels of caregivers, as well as their perceptions of the transplant recipients’ quality of dying and death. Their findings were presented at the American ... Study concludes no racial disparities in long-term outcomes in recipients of liver transplants
... diseases, including liver disease. African-American patients appear to be underrepresented among liver transplantation recipients. In 2005, for instance, only 6.8 percent of all patients in the United ... Anti-rejection drug may increase risk of diabetes after kidney transplant
... factors.
"Sirolimus is a newer type of anti-rejection drug that has not been associated with diabetes in transplant recipients," Dr. Gill explains. "However, a number of animal studies and small ... Predicting the risk of a common fungal infection after stem cell transplantation
... in human plasminogen may also affect susceptibility. Analysis of a cohort of bone marrow transplant recipients indicated that a human plasminogen allele also affects the risk of contracting this ... Transplant recipient completes Yosemite ascent
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- A heart transplant survivor has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago - a dangerous 2 1/2-day ... Experts examine challenges of split liver transplantation
... percent survival for their control group of whole liver transplant recipients.
"SLT for two adult ... believe that adult/adult split liver transplantation is a viable option in highly selected situations ... Older liver donors not associated with negative outcomes in transplant recipients with hepatitis C
... the most common cause of the liver disease cirrhosis and the most common indication for liver transplant for U.S. adults, according to background information in the article. Currently, about 17,000 ... Antiviral therapy helps children at risk for post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease
... in children with liver transplants, according to a new study. About half of young transplant recipients with detectable levels of the virus in their blood responded to a long course of the therapy, ... Revolutionary technique could reduce lifelong drugs for transplant patients
... made regulatory cells.
This involves taking infection-fighting white cells from the blood of the transplant recipient and subjecting them to a highly complex procedure involving cells taken from the ... Declaration opposes transplant commercialism, transplant tourism and organ trafficking
... to put an end to these activities and to foster safe and ethical practices for both transplant recipients and donors. The Declaration outlines a number of steps that can help increase deceased organ ... Study points to 1 cause of higher rates of transplanted kidney rejection in blacks
... seen among black - as compared to white - kidney transplant recipients. In a study of 50 healthy adult ... B cells then produce antibodies that attack transplanted organs containing foreign HLA. Patients ... Down-staged liver cancer associated with good post-transplant outcomes
... (70.5 percent), and 35 of those received a liver transplant after a median of 8.2 months. While two of the transplant recipients died (one from graft problems and the other from recurrent hepatitis ...
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Kidneys donated after cardiac death could reduce disparities for black kidney transplant recipients
... the organ shortage but also to mitigate the existing disparities for black kidney transplant recipients. They add that the racial disparities in organ and patient survival after kidney transplantation ...Liver transplant recipients almost 3 times more likely to develop cancer
Cancer incidence is higher among liver transplant recipients in Finland compared to the general population, ... a total of 39 post-transplant de novo cancers in 36 patients. The overall standardized ...Liver transplant recipients have higher cancer risk
... of Canada used the Canadian Organ Replacement Registry to gather information on all liver transplant recipients and cross-reference them with national mortality and cancer incidence databases. The ...Depression and PTSD symptoms in caregivers of lung transplant patients
... to researchers who analyzed the stress levels of caregivers, as well as their perceptions of the transplant recipients’ quality of dying and death. Their findings were presented at the American ...Study concludes no racial disparities in long-term outcomes in recipients of liver transplants
... diseases, including liver disease. African-American patients appear to be underrepresented among liver transplantation recipients. In 2005, for instance, only 6.8 percent of all patients in the United ...Anti-rejection drug may increase risk of diabetes after kidney transplant
... factors. "Sirolimus is a newer type of anti-rejection drug that has not been associated with diabetes in transplant recipients," Dr. Gill explains. "However, a number of animal studies and small ...Predicting the risk of a common fungal infection after stem cell transplantation
... in human plasminogen may also affect susceptibility. Analysis of a cohort of bone marrow transplant recipients indicated that a human plasminogen allele also affects the risk of contracting this ...Transplant recipient completes Yosemite ascent
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) -- A heart transplant survivor has added another first to her long string of mountaineering feats since getting a new heart 13 years ago - a dangerous 2 1/2-day ...Experts examine challenges of split liver transplantation
... percent survival for their control group of whole liver transplant recipients. "SLT for two adult ... believe that adult/adult split liver transplantation is a viable option in highly selected situations ...Older liver donors not associated with negative outcomes in transplant recipients with hepatitis C
... the most common cause of the liver disease cirrhosis and the most common indication for liver transplant for U.S. adults, according to background information in the article. Currently, about 17,000 ...Antiviral therapy helps children at risk for post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease
... in children with liver transplants, according to a new study. About half of young transplant recipients with detectable levels of the virus in their blood responded to a long course of the therapy, ...Revolutionary technique could reduce lifelong drugs for transplant patients
... made regulatory cells. This involves taking infection-fighting white cells from the blood of the transplant recipient and subjecting them to a highly complex procedure involving cells taken from the ...Declaration opposes transplant commercialism, transplant tourism and organ trafficking
... to put an end to these activities and to foster safe and ethical practices for both transplant recipients and donors. The Declaration outlines a number of steps that can help increase deceased organ ...Study points to 1 cause of higher rates of transplanted kidney rejection in blacks
... seen among black - as compared to white - kidney transplant recipients. In a study of 50 healthy adult ... B cells then produce antibodies that attack transplanted organs containing foreign HLA. Patients ...Down-staged liver cancer associated with good post-transplant outcomes
... (70.5 percent), and 35 of those received a liver transplant after a median of 8.2 months. While two of the transplant recipients died (one from graft problems and the other from recurrent hepatitis ...