Transplantation

Doctors Report That Kidney Grown in Pig Worked in a Human

Publish Date October 21, 2021

Kidney came from pig genetically engineered to grow an organ with a low risk for being rejected by the human body

Trial of Labor Tied to Better Delivery Outcomes in Transplant Recipients

Publish Date October 21, 2021

Trial of labor rather than scheduled cesarean delivery linked to better neonatal outcomes among kidney, liver transplant recipients

Antibody Response to BNT162b2 Reported in Pediatric Transplant Recipients

Publish Date October 18, 2021

Positive antibody titers seen in 73.3% of pediatric solid organ transplant recipients who provided titers at 1 month after the second dose

Air Pollution May Up Risk for Adverse Transplant Outcomes

Publish Date October 14, 2021

Moving to areas with low air pollution might improve outcomes for kidney transplant recipients, investigators suggested.

FDA Panel Votes on Maribavir for Post-Transplant CMV Infection

Publish Date October 14, 2021

Maribavir is an orally bioavailable anti-CMV compound that targets and inhibits the UL97 protein kinase and its natural substrates.

Prostate Cancer Delays Kidney Transplantation, Ups Death Risk in Dialysis

Publish Date October 6, 2021

Understanding how prostate cancer affects death after kidney failure is important for appropriate management and guideline development.

COVID-19 Death Rates Higher Among Kidney Transplant Candidates, Recipients

Publish Date October 5, 2021

Among kidney transplant candidates and recipients, a greater proportion of non-White than White patients died from COVID-19, a study found.

ESKD Treatment Dropped Sharply During Height of COVID-19 Pandemic

Publish Date September 28, 2021

During the initial height of the pandemic in 2020, the documented incidence of end-stage kidney disease, defined as initiation of maintenance dialysis or receipt of a preemptive kidney transplant, decreased compared with corresponding periods during 2017-2019.

Kidney Transplant Waitlisting Tied to Dialysis Facility Quality

Publish Date September 27, 2021

This study supports the role of the dialysis facility as a systems-level barrier in referral for kidney transplantation, according to investigators.

Cancer Shortens Lifespan of Transplant Recipients

Publish Date September 22, 2021

Investigators quantified the life years lost due to specific cancers among US transplant recipients over the first 10 postoperative years.