Medical Xpress |
Study shows people reading about organ donor recipients more …
Medical Xpress (Phys.org)—A small team of researchers affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and Decision Research and the University of Oregon in the … |
Renal and Urology NewsDiabetes Increases Post-Transplant Mortality Risk – Renal and …Renal and Urology NewsDiabetes in both the donor and recipient of a transplanted kidney was associated with greater risks of death, according to researchers.and more…
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Media Coverage May Influence Willingness to Donate Organs
MedPage Today Among a cohort of 650 undergraduate students, those who read stories about the person whose life was saved by the donation indicated more willingness to donate their own organs, the organs of a deceased relative, or to support a transition to an “opt … |
HCV-Positive Kidneys OK for TransplantMedPage TodayCarefully selected kidneys harvested from deceased donors with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) could help ease the shortage of available organs, researchers are reporting. In a small trial, transplantation o…
New Atlas |
SVR achieved after transplantation with HCV-infected kidneys
Healio Yet more than 500 high-quality kidneys from deceased donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are discarded annually,” David S. Goldberg, MD, MSCE, an assistant professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the … Infected kidneys save livesNew Atlas |
Science DailyA transplant and a cure: Research team eradicates hepatitis C in 10 patients following lifesaving transplants from …Science DailyTen patients at Penn Medicine have been cured of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) following lifesaving kidney tra…
The Denver Post |
Facing inevitable liver transplant, young girl didn’t need to look far for a living donor
The Denver Post “Babies are harder to transplant with the current (deceased) donor pool,” says Wachs, who has been part of the live-donor cooperative between Children’s and University hospitals since its 1995 inception. “To compete for a portion of an adult liver, she … |
MyCentralJersey.com |
After giving fiancé her kidney, she takes his hand in marriage
MyCentralJersey.com “I’m pursuing a living donation because a kidney from a living donor lasts about twice as long as one from a deceased donor, and the wait for a deceased donor could be five to 10 years,” Brett wrote on his Facebook page at the time of his diagnosis. |
Medical XpressTeam eradicates hepatitis C in 10 patients following lifesaving …Medical XpressTen patients at Penn Medicine have been cured of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) following lifesaving kidney transplants from deceased donors who were infected&n…
Renal and Urology NewsKidney Donor-Recipient CMV Matching Is a Promising StrategyRenal and Urology NewsCytomegalovirus (CMV) matching of deceased kidney donors and kidney transplant recipients optimizes high- and low-risk profiles and has the potential…