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Stanley C. Jordan, M.D., medical director of Cedars-Sinai's Kidney Transplant Program and of the Division of Nephrology, began studying the use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) 20 years ago as a way to modulate the immune system, "desensitizing" highly sensitized patients to make incompatib...
"Right now, there are not enough kidney transplants available for everyone who needs one, and a transplant doesn't last for life. We hope this treatment ultimately means more kidneys become fit for transplant and are able to last much longer." Reviving organs Normothermic Machine Perfusion, a...
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(HealthDay)—New rules intended to create a more level playing field for those awaiting kidney transplants in the United States go into effect Thursday.
In the present article, we report a case of malakoplakia of the caecum, that developed in a 52-year-old man, who had received a kidney transplant 9 years before and had a history of recurrent E. coli urinary tract infections. Malakoplakia presented as acute intestinal perforation, and, ...
People who get a kidney transplant usually face a life sentence of drugs that suppress their immune systems – otherwise, their body will reject the new organ. A new cellular therapy could change that. Immunosuppressant drugs can have severe side effects, increasing the risk of heart disease, in...
A recent study in Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN) provides an estimate of the proportion of working-aged kidney transplant recipients who are employed in the Netherlands and identifies characteristics that are associated wi
New-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is a serious complication after kidney transplantation. Obesity was widely identified as a modifiable risk factor for NODAT. Body mass index (BMI) is the most frequently used diagnostic indication of obesity, and higher pretransplant BMI has been rep...