Alcohol relapse adversely affects 10-year liver transplant survival
...alcohol relapse affects survival rates after liver transplants found that it adversely affected survival rates on...LD) is the second most common indication for liver transplants in the U.S. and Europe. Although reported survival rates after transplantation were similar between ...Age shouldn't be a factor in kidney transplantation
... organs for transplantation. A study of 144 kidney transplants found that at least a year after surgery, success ... than 60,000 people on the waiting list for kidney transplants are age 50 or older. Wake Forest Baptist and other centers are grappling with how to best use the li...Cornea transplants can be improved
... the health of a cornea." More than 35,000 corneal transplants are performed annually in the United States, most ..., eye banks supplied the corneal tissue for 32,144 transplants in 2003. "Often, the eye bank cell counts were off by more than 10 percent," Dr. Lass says. "We beli...Hopkins convenes 'consensus' conference to develop blueprint for nationwide matching program
...f a second donor-patient pair, and vice versa. The transplants are performed simultaneously. "The shortage of donor kidneys for patients who need kidney transplantation is a national public health problem," says conference organizer Robert A. Montgomery, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of surgery and director ...Investigational transplant drug effectively preserves kidneys while avoiding toxic side effects
...d in print on February 21. More than 23,000 organ transplants are performed each year in the United States. While current immunosuppressant medications have reduced the incidence of early organ failure following transplants, measures to prevent late failure and to halt other diseases that result from toxic side...Component of green tea protects injured livers in mice
...containing green tea extract prevented failures in transplants using fatty livers. The current study examined whether (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the major flavonoid component found in green tea, protected fatty livers from cell damage after I/R injury. Led by Kenneth D. Chavin, M.D., Ph.D., of the Me...Single-donor islet transplantation procedure shows promise for patients with type 1 diabetes
...hat produce insulin to control blood sugar levels) transplants has recently been increased markedly by transplant...d from 2 to 4 donor pancreases. However, for islet transplants to become a widespread clinical reality, additional advances are still needed. In particular, restor...Age should not be a factor in determining heart transplantation eligibility, researchers say
...alf of all institutions that currently offer heart transplants in North America consider age a contraindication and will not perform the surgery on patients who are 65 and older. "But our research shows age should not be considered a contraindication," Wang said. "I wouldn't say that you can't be too old [to rec...Study explores risks of obesity in children with kidney transplants
Obese children who get kidney transplants tend to be younger, shorter and on dialysis longer...cs . A review of 6,658 children age 2-17 receiving transplants in the United States, Mexico and Canada between 1987 and 2002 showed that obese children age 6-12 ha...World-first living donor islet cell transplant a success
...kidney transplantation there. "Living donor islet transplants could allow many more desperate patients with type 1 diabetes to get successful islet transplants," says Dr. Shapiro. "The donor operation is relatively safe, but is not entirely devoid of serious potential risk," he added. A shortage of donor islet...Severity of liver disease not a reliable indicator of quality of life
... the determination of how livers are allocated for transplants examined the relationship between liver disease se...and that future studies in patients awaiting liver transplants should include quality of life measures as well as survival. An accompanying editorial by Richard B....Cord blood transplantation now a viable option for adult leukemia patients
...nd donor, making it possible to perform cord blood transplants without an exact match. Though a single cord blood...e, theorized that they could still have successful transplants if two partially-matched units were used for each patient. "Currently, many adult leukemia patients...Spinal repair pioneer to speak in NY on 20th Jan
...riginal destinations. In laboratory animals these transplants resulted in return of important functions such as paw reaching and climbing, and we were the first, and still the only, team to show that this repair resulted in a restoration of the ability to breathe. Very promising ongoing studies are investigati...Potential cure for lymphoma in HIV patients
(WASHINGTON, January 7, 2005) Stem cell transplants have become the standard of care for Patients with relapsed lymphoma, but not for Patients who suffer from both this disease and HIV. A new study showing that this treatment is a viable option for select Patients with HIV-associated lymphoma will be ...NIH action plan charts future challenges for liver disease research
...rdless of diagnosis. Currently, about 5,000 liver transplants are performed yearly in the United States at more than 120 medical centers. As a consequence of the limited supply of livers, there are more than 17,000 persons on the liver transplant waiting list and at least 1,500 will die annually while waiting....Kinder, gentler procedure gives superior results for stem cell transplants
...ion and certain metabolic disorders. Designed for transplants that replace a patient's bone marrow with stem cel...s leukemia to explore the potential for successful transplants in children with these disorders....Reducing anti-rejection meds after transplant shows less complications
...liver/intestine and 33 multivisceral) who received transplants under the immunosuppression minimization protocol ...imen for other patients undergoing abdominal organ transplants (i.e., liver, kidney, pancreas) or thoracic organ transplants (i.e., heart or lung). At UPMC, the pr...Multi-center study finds therapy boosts kidney transplants in 'highly sensitized' patients
...ed ." In 2000, fewer than 3 percent of all kidney transplants were performed in patients with PRAs higher than 80 percent at the time of transplant, despite the fact that these patients represent about 20 percent of those on the waiting list. In fact, transplant rates for these patients have gone down over the ...Stressed mice quicker to get skin cancer
...uamous cell skin cancer, genetic diseases or organ transplants that predispose them to the disease are considered high-risk. The investigators urge people concerned about their risk for skin cancer to speak with their health-care provider before starting any stress-reduction or exercise program. This research wa...Transplanted bone marrow cells reduce liver fibrosis in mice
...thermore, the mice that received blood marrow cell transplants along with continuing carbon tetrachloride treatments showed a gradually increased serum albumin level and had significantly improved survival rates compared with mice that only received carbon tetrachloride treatments. The transplanted blood mar...