Tag: transplant

New research shows established immunosuppressant medications suitable for pig-to-human kidney transplants

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered that immunosuppressant’s that are US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved—and that are...

Renal Interventions 9 – US

Highlights Patient perspectives highlighted in conversation with representatives Vivian Papageorgiou and Phil West. Endo Vascular Access Meeting 2023 (EVA; 23–24 June, Patras, Greece) coverage...

Renal Interventions 9 – EU

Highlights Patient perspectives highlighted in conversation with representatives Vivian Papageorgiou and Phil West. Endo Vascular Access Meeting 2023 (EVA; 23–24 June, Patras, Greece) coverage...

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...

Some US kidney waitlist candidates passed over for less urgent candidates

A new study by Columbia University Irving Medical Centre (CUIMC; New York, USA) researchers has found that some US centres routinely skip their highest-ranking...

Posoleucel safe and effective for BK infection in kidney transplant recipients,...

AlloVir, a late-clinical stage allogeneic T cell immunotherapy company, has announced the presentation of final results from a Phase 2 study of posoleucel, an...

New kidney graft function risk model promises more accurate prognosis

A team of researchers led by Shaifali Sandal (McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada) has shared the results of a study evaluating a new...

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...

Transplantation discrepancies contribute to racial disparities in childhood-onset kidney failure survival...

Transplantation discrepancies between Black and white patients have been found to contribute significantly to differing survival rates for childhood-onset kidney failure across the two...

Transformative moment marks progress in xenotransplantation

The first investigational transplantation of a genetically engineered, non-human kidney to a human body was recently completed at NYU Langone Health, New York, USA—marking...