Tag: kidney transplant
MMR and chicken pox vaccines safe and effective in young solid-organ...
A new study published in JAMA Network Open earlier this month has suggested that children who have previously received liver or kidney transplants were,...
Pig kidney xenotransplantation performing “optimally” after 32 days in human body
Surgeons at New York University (NYU) Langone Health (New York, USA) have transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney that continues to function well after...
Phase 1 study of kidney transplant rejection drug initiated
Tonix Pharmaceuticals has announced the initiation of a Phase 1 single ascending dose escalation study of TNX-1500 (Fc-modified humanized anti-CD40L monoclonal antibody or mAb),...
HLA-incompatible kidney transplant may raise colorectal cancer risk
New research led by Jennifer Motter (New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, USA) has investigated the link between human leukocyte antigen...
Sleep quality declines among female kidney transplant recipients
New research published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation has found that fatigue, concentration issues, and social disengagement are among the problems experienced by kidney transplant...
Imlifidase receives provisional approval in Australia for kidney transplant desensitisation
Hansa Biopharma has announced that the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved Idefirix (imlifidase) as desensitisation treatment for highly sensitised patients prior...
Xenotransplantation company wins KidneyX award for genetically-engineered donor pig
Makana Therapeutics has announced that it has been awarded an Artificial Kidney Phase II Prize from KidneyX to continue development of its genetically engineered...
New urine test could explain kidney transplant rejections
The day when a urine test can inform a doctor precisely why a kidney transplant patient is experiencing organ rejection, and help to suggest...
Metabolic syndrome changes associated with kidney graft failure
A new study in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation has examined the relationship between metabolic disorder (MetS) and adverse outcomes in recipients of kidney transplants. The...
“Urgently deliver” pre-emptive living donor kidney transplantation “as the default”
Living-donor kidney transplantation should be “treatment of choice” over deceased-donor transplantation, owing to it being the “most secure way to achieve pre-emptive kidney transplantation”....
Higher mortality risk found for female recipients of male-donor transplant kidneys
A new Kidney International-published multinational cohort study has found that the excess risk of mortality for women who receive a kidney transplant is greater...
Kidney Transplant Collaborative shares data on need for living donor kidney...
The Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) has shared an important update regarding the significant need for increased living donor kidney donations. New data from the...
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...
Immunosuppressant use “does not delay” kidney transplant failure
The use of immunosuppressant drugs to facilitate allograft success in kidney transplant recipients “does not delay failure of renal transplants after development of donor...
New guideline supports kidney exchange programmes and “integrated approach” in sensitised...
A new guideline on the management of highly sensitised kidney transplant patients—those who have high levels of human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) and are therefore more...
Machine learning fails to outperform traditional models in predicting long-term allograft...
A study presented at this year’s American Transplant Congress (ATC; 4–8 June, Boston, USA) found that machine learning (ML) technologies did not outperform traditional...
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...
CareDx expands portfolio with new AI-based tool for predicting kidney allograft...
CareDx recently announced that it plans to expand its growing multimodality portfolio with AiKidney—a new clinical decision support tool for allograft risk assessment that...
NephroSant publishes real-world data on potential of QSant test in kidney...
NephroSant has announced that the Journal of Clinical Medicine has published real-world data that provides insight into how changes in allograft health are reflected in...
Lifestyle changes can be critical for kidney transplant patients’ long-term survival
Cancer, infections and heart disease pose the greatest risk to kidney transplant recipients—not organ rejection—according to a recently published Mayo Clinic study. Researchers discovered...
Natera validates kidney transplant rejection test in multicentre, prospective Trifecta study
Natera has announced initial results from the global, multicentre, prospective Trifecta study, which assessed its Prospera with quantification test for kidney transplant rejection and was led by Phil...
ESOT 2021: Asian donor and Black recipient kidney grafts associated with...
Black transplant recipients and patients who received kidneys from Asian donors had a significantly higher risk of their kidney grafts failing within seven years,...
ESOT 2021: Kidney transplants plummeted by 40% during first wave of...
The number of solid organ transplants performed during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 plunged by nearly a third (31%) compared...
Pilot study of third COVID-19 vaccine dose in kidney transplant recipients...
A pilot study has begun to assess the antibody response to a third dose of an authorised COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in kidney transplant recipients...
NKF publishes recommendations to move thousands of patients from dialysis to...
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has released a position paper, developed by 16 nephrology experts from 13 institutions, with recommendations designed to navigate future research...
New scoring system measures health-related quality of life in kidney failure...
Results from a new study support the validity of a score that considers various patient-reported measures and preferences for assessing health-related quality of life,...
Higher kidney transplant referral rates found in non-profit dialysis facilities versus...
New research indicates that patients with kidney failure who receive care at for-profit dialysis facilities are less likely to be referred for kidney transplants...
Novel device reduces swelling and surgical site infection after kidney transplantation
Researchers from the Lawson Health Research Institute at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in London, Canada have reported that a simple medical device reduced...