‘Concierge’ Screening for Kidney Transplant Candidates Leads to Better Outcomes, Study Finds
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
The new testing approach also resulted in greater revenue for the transplant center
Transplant
Women Are Less Likely to Get a Lung Transplant than Men and Spend 6 Weeks Longer on the Waiting List
European Respiratory Society
New study encourages changes in regulation and clinical guidelines to address inequality in lung transplantation
Emory Researchers Help Discover Source of Deadly Fungal Infections in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients, New Study Finds
Emory University
Researchers investigate deadly threat of fungal bloodstream infections in patients receiving bone marrow transplants
Proof-of-Concept Study Uses AI-Based ‘Digital Twins’ to Replace Control Arms in Clinical Trials
Phesi
Digital twin technology could address key challenges in clinical trial development, including reducing patient burden
Blood Test Identifies AML Patients at Risk of Posttransplant Relapse
National Institutes of Health
A small portion of acute myeloid leukemia patients in remission showed persisting mutations, which predicted their risk of death from cancer relapse
Most Heart Transplant Centers’ Websites Get Failing Grade for Clarity
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Over a third of the sites studied had no resources for people who spoke a language other than English
Genetic Testing Helps Detect Children Likely to Have Heart Failure
Centenary Institute
Detecting cardiomyopathy in children to help determine who may require a transplant
Advances in Pathogen Reduction Technologies to Improve Global Transfusion Safety
Maria Roussakis, MLT, MSc
Pathogen reduction technologies have played a key role in improving global transfusion safety practices
A Human Liver Was Treated in a Machine and Then Successfully Transplanted
University of Zurich
This research could transform liver transplantation into a plannable elective procedure
Hope for HIV Cure from Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplant Study
Zahraa Chorghay, PhD
The third known case of HIV remission in an individual with stem cell transplant offers clues for HIV cure