Tag: kidney donor
First US living HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant donors achieve positive outcomes
Based on findings from a new study published in the journal The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and three collaborating...
Donor kidney preservation technology “may enable us to salvage more organs”
Transplant experts at Hackensack University Medical Centre have been the first in the USA to use new kidney preservation technology that can expand the...
American Society of Nephrology leads renewed call for US congress to...
Members of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and 21 organisations representing the kidney community—patients and healthcare professionals alike—recently met with their corresponding members...
Cambridge researchers alter blood type of deceased donor kidneys with ‘molecular...
Researchers at the University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK) have successfully altered the blood type of three deceased donor kidneys—a breakthrough that could have major...
Mayo Clinic study confirms living kidney donor surgery is low risk...
The risk of major complications for people who donate a kidney via laparoscopic surgery is minimal. That is the conclusion of a 20-year Mayo...
X-Therma receives FDA Breakthrough Device designation for organ preservation and transport...
X-Therma has announced that the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its proprietary...
OrganOx completes £6.4 million equity fundraise to boost utilisation of donated...
OrganOx, the producer of the 'metra' normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) product, has announced the completion of a £6.4 million equity fundraise. The fundraise was...