Tag: transplantation
Renal Interventions 7 – EU
Highlights
First-in-human study of a regenerative material for dialysis access demonstrates initial safety and mechanical durability.
Interventional nephrology's place in kidney care explored following...
Renal Interventions 7 – US
Highlights
First-in-human study of a regenerative material for dialysis access demonstrates initial safety and mechanical durability.
Interventional nephrology's place in kidney care explored following...
Xenotransplantation data presented on porcine donor kidneys
During the National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) Spring Clinical Meetings (11–15 April, Austin, USA), researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA) will present new data...
Kidney Transplant Collaborative announces second phase of funding
The Kidney Transplant Collaborative (KTC) has received significant new funding that it says will “empower the organisation’s mission to reduce barriers in the transplant...
Talaris Therapeutics announces restructuring and clinical trial discontinuations
Talaris Therapeutics has announced that it has completed a review of its business and programme prospects. Based on this review, Talaris has decided to...
National Kidney Foundation honours Johns Hopkins’ Tanjala Purnell for transplantation research
Next month, Tanjala S Purnell (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA) will receive the National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) Excellence in Transplantation Award at the 2023...
“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”....
Organ Utilisation Group recommends “standardised patient pathways” for transplantation
A report has been issued on methods for improving organ provision by the Organ Utilisation Group (OUG), a UK Department of Health-established body dedicated...
Most kidneys declined by patients for donor-related reasons later found viable
The “overwhelming majority” of previously-rejected deceased donor kidneys that have later been used for transplantation have been found viable by a new study published...
Genetically-modified pig patent promises expansion of kidney xenotransplantation
Makana Therapeutics, a global leader in the field of xenotransplantation, was granted an important European patent that will catalyse xenotransplantation efforts abroad, the company...
Michelle A. Josephson to become next president of the American Society...
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has announced that Michelle A. Josephson will become the society’s next president. Josephson, who succeeds Susan E. Quaggin,...
Study suggests infection concerns “should not affect” implementation of ABOi kidney...
Concerns regarding infectious complications should not affect the implementation of ABO-incompatible (ABOi) kidney transplant programmes, as per the findings from a nationwide, prospective cohort...
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...
SGLT2 inhibitors demonstrate efficacy and safety in diabetic kidney transplant recipients
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors can be used safely to help preserve graft function in diabetic kidney transplant recipients, as per the findings from a...
Stanford paediatricians transplant kidneys without need for immunosuppressants
Physicians at Stanford Medicine (Stanford, USA) have developed a way to provide paediatric kidney transplants without immunosuppressant drugs. Their key innovation, according to a Stanford press...
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...
Select solid-organ transplant recipients may remain at high Omicron risk despite...
While a fourth vaccine dose does increase anti-spike immunoglobin-G (IgG) and neutralising capacity against many COVID-19 variants of concern (VOCs), some solid-organ transplant recipients...
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...
Canadian government invests CA$2 million into AI-based organ donation research
In recognition of the fact that “too many” people in Canada are on organ waitlists, with Canada also lagging behind other high-performing countries in...