CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV) retinitis is rare in organ transplant recipients, but it is progressive and is associated with high morbidity, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Research developments that have implications for nephrology and urology certainly are not limited to the meetings and journals targeting these specialties. That is why our news coverage extends to meetings that nephrologists and urologists usually do not attend and journals they usually do not read.

SAN ANTONIO—Kidney and other solid organ recipients are largely unaware of their elevated risk for skin cancer, according to data presented here at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting.

ADULT RENAL transplant recipients are at elevated risk for developing post-transplant herpes zoster, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

RENAL TRANSPLANTATION is a good option for renal replacement therapy among patients older than 60 years, Iranian researchers report in Transplantation Proceedings (2008;40:238-239).

Influenza vaccination is safe and effective for renal transplant patients, according to European researchers.

Increasing duration of dialysis is associated with an increased risk of delayed graft function (DGF) following renal transplantation, researchers in Canada have found.

AMONG PATIENTS waiting for a renal transplant, the likelihood of getting one decreases with the degree of obesity, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

TRANSITIONAL CELL carcinoma (TCC) is the predominant malignancy to develop in Chinese renal transplant recipients, according to researchers at the Capital University of Medical Sciences in Beijing.

SAN FRANCISCO—The use of marginal donor kidneys is associated with similar five-year death-censored graft survival and patient survival as ideal donor kidneys in older recipients, a study shows.