GLP-1 Drugs May Increase Rejection Risk in Lung Transplant Recipients, Study Suggests Dr. Shravani Dali3 May 2025 7:30 AM ISTA recent study presented at the 2025 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) annual meeting suggests that glucagon-like...
Donor kidneys with toxoplasma do not increase risks for transplant patients, suggests research Dr Kartikeya Kohli15 Aug 2024 8:00 PM ISTA new study from UC Davis Health could help to increase the supply of donor kidneys. Researchers have found that transplant patients who receive...
Statins use may increase risk of cataract and diabetes in kidney transplant recipients Dr. Shravani Dali16 July 2023 8:30 PM ISTStatins use may increase risk of cataract and diabetes in kidney transplant recipients suggests a new study published in the Clinical Journal of the...
Vitamin B3 Doesn't Cut Skin Cancer Risk After Organ Transplantation Dr. Shravani Dali12 March 2023 8:00 PM ISTVitamin B3 Doesn't Cut Skin Cancer Risk After Organ Transplant suggests a new study published in the New England Journal of MedicineImmunosuppressed...
Optical imaging technology may help evaluate transplant viability of donor kidneys Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 Jan 2023 9:45 AM ISTEach year more than 8,000 people die while waiting to receive a kidney transplant, many of whom have spent four or more years on donor waitlists,...
Stage 4 lung cancer patient lives cancer-free after successful lung transplant Isra Zaman28 March 2022 5:15 AM ISTIn a medical breakthrough, a successful lung transplant for a terminal stage 4 lung cancer patient was performed by surgeons at Norwestern medicine....
First pig heart transplant in humans a failure, Mr Bennett dies Dr. Nandita Mohan12 March 2022 8:47 PM ISTMr. Bennett with terminal heart disease who made history as the first person to receive a genetically modified pig's heart, passed away yesterday on...
Scientists transplant two gene edited pig kidneys into brain-dead human Hina Zahid21 Jan 2022 10:52 AM ISTBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine have successfully transplanted two kidneys from a...
Successful transplants using damaged kidneys on the rise, but organ donors still wasted Hina Zahid19 Jan 2022 9:00 AM ISTA new analysis of national kidney transplant and organ discard data concludes that too many deceased donor organs with acute kidney injury (AKI) may...
Reused transplanted liver- an interesting, unusual case presentation Dr. Nandita Mohan20 Oct 2021 7:00 PM ISTIn a first-of-its-kind operation in India, doctors at a private hospital in the city reused a liver, transplanted onto a patient who was declared...
Third-dose of COVID-19 vaccine very effective in transplant patients, study finds Hina Zahid14 Aug 2021 9:00 AM ISTCanada: A third dose of the mRNA-1273 vaccine (Moderna) shows substantial improvement in protection against COVID-19 infection in organ-transplant...
Hearts donated by illicit drug users safe for transplant, cut wait time: AHA AHA News30 July 2021 8:26 AM ISTDALLAS- Survival rates after a heart transplant are unaffected if the organ donor had used illicit drugs or died due to an overdose, a fact that is...
