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Six-Organ Transplant Girl Goes Home Today
03 February 2012
After 100 days in hospital and undergoing a complicated 6-organ transplant, 9-year-old Alannah Shevenell, from Maine, leaves Boston Children's Hospital today and goes home. Alannah has been treated for a rare form of cancer... [read article]

Source Of Damage To Donor Organs Identified
03 February 2012
For patients with incurable pulmonary conditions, a lung transplantation is the only available treatment option. However, suitable donor organs are scarce, and even getting them to prospective recipients is not easy... [read article]

Post-Liver Transplantation Survival Outcomes - Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Helps Predict
02 February 2012
According to a study in the February edition of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise... [read article]

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02 February 2012

Geography Over Need Is Putting Sicker Patients Needing Lung Transplant At Higher Risk Of Dying
01 February 2012

Improved Kidney Transplant Survival In Mice; New Agent Likely To Speed Replacement Of Other Organs
Post-Liver Transplantation Survival May Be Predicted By Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
31 January 2012

Researchers Discover Dual Role Of Key Player In Immune System
30 January 2012

Increased Risk For Transplant Patients Who Develop Head & Neck Cancer
In Development - System To Deliver Organ Transplant Drug Without Harmful Side Effects
28 January 2012

Stopping Immunosuppressive Prednisone Soon After Transplantation Found To Be Safe
27 January 2012

Live Liver Donations Confirmed As Safe
26 January 2012

Blood-Forming Stem Cells' Growth Identified
Identification Of Entry Point For Hepatitis C Infection
24 January 2012

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation As A Bridge To Lung Transplantation
19 January 2012

Researchers Identify Modifiable Risk Factors That Could Limit The Incidence Of Post-Transplant End-Stage Renal Disease
17 January 2012

Pediatric Liver Transplant Graft Recipients Can Stay Off Immunosuppressant Medications
Nurse Donates Own Kidney To Patient
16 January 2012

Vital Transplant Organs Scarce for Seniors
15 January 2012

Despite Survival Benefit, Thousands Of Seniors Lack Access To Lifesaving Kidney Transplant
12 January 2012

The Cocktail Maintaining Immune Gene Variation
05 January 2012

For Children With Rare Disease, Maternal Liver Grafts More Tolerable
04 January 2012

Brigham And Women's Surgeons Describe 3 Successful Full Face Transplants
03 January 2012

Fixing Common Blood Disorder Would Make Kidney Transplants More Successful
Improving Family Consent In Organ Donation Could Save Lives
02 January 2012

Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Does Not Improve Overall Survival In Patients With Follicular Lymphoma
27 December 2011

Fixing Common Blood Disorder Would Make Kidney Transplants More Successful
23 December 2011

Fixing Common Blood Disorder Would Make Kidney Transplants More Successful
22 December 2011

West Coast's First Hand Transplant Recipient To Ride In 2012 Rose Parade
18 December 2011

Increase In Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Spurred By Obesity And Diabetes Epidemics
16 December 2011

UCSD Center For Transplantation VAD Therapy Approved
15 December 2011

Using A Restrictive Approach In Post-Surgical Blood Transfusions Is Safe And Saves Blood
New Approach To Stem Cell Transplants Redirects Lymphocytes From Harming Vital Organs, Without Dangers Of Immunosuppression
14 December 2011

Shedding Light On Lymphoma Evolution With The Help Of Two Sisters
13 December 2011

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation : Dec. 12, 2011
Can Transplant Recipients Be Weaned Off Their Immunosuppresive Drugs?
Therapy Improves Stem Cell Engraftment In Umbilical Cord Blood Transplant Recipients
08 December 2011

Kidney And Pancreas Transplant Available To HIV-Infected Patients At Mayo Clinic
05 December 2011

Green Tea Flavonoid May Prevent Reinfection With Hepatitis C Virus Following Liver Transplantation
03 December 2011

Transplant Candidates Seek "Best Quality" Livers Despite Having To Remain On Waiting List
02 December 2011

Transplant Candidates Seek Best Quality Livers, Even If It Means Waiting Longer
New Approach To Graft-Versus-Host Disease Treatment Results In Sustained Improvement For Some Patients
01 December 2011

US Organ Shortage - Presumed Consent Not The Solution
Organ Shortage In US Unlikely To Be Solved By Presumed Consent
30 November 2011

Presumed Consent Not Answer To Solving Organ Shortage In U.S., Researchers Say
29 November 2011

Transplant Symposium Focuses On Equality In Allocation And Access To Organ Transplantation
28 November 2011

Carefully Selected Young, Healthy Neurons Can Functionally Integrate Into Diseased Brain Circuitry
26 November 2011

Transplanted Cells Repair The Brain In Obese Mice
24 November 2011

Artificial Trachea Transplant Patient Doing Well Five Months After Procedure
16 November 2011

Encouraging People To Donate Their Kidney To A Stranger
15 November 2011

Racial, Gender Disparities Among Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients Alive 10 Years After Surgery
14 November 2011

The New Petri Dish - Plasma In A Bag
13 November 2011

Children With Kidney Disease Faced With Racial Inequalities
09 November 2011

Adult Living Donor Liver Transplants Safe
Experimental Drug Suppresses Rebound Of Hepatitis C Virus In Liver Transplant Patients
06 November 2011

Transplant More Effective When Stem Cells Reprogrammed To A More Basic Form
04 November 2011

More Basic Form Of Stem Cells Better For Transplants
03 November 2011

Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania Performs Its First Bilateral Hand Transplant
02 November 2011

Blood, Bone Cancer - Low-Toxicity Conditioning Regimen Before Cell Transplantation Helps
Organ Transplant Recipients Have Higher Risk Of Some Cancers
Recipients Of Organ Transplants At Increased Risk For Broad Range Of Cancers
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