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Newswise: Study Sets New Standard for Graft-Versus-Host Disease Prevention After Stem Cell Transplant
Released: 22-Jun-2023 1:15 PM EDT
Study Sets New Standard for Graft-Versus-Host Disease Prevention After Stem Cell Transplant
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Clinicians have a new standard for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prevention after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, according to results from a phase III study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The new standard is more effective at preventing GVHD and came with less side effects, compared with the current gold standard.

Released: 21-Jun-2023 3:10 PM EDT
Screening newborns for "bubble-baby" disease saves lives
Universite de Montreal

Survival rates of babies after bone-marrow transplants jumped significantly after screening for SCID – severe combined immunodeficiency disease – started in North America in 2008, a major study finds.

Newswise: Loyola Medicine Improves Health Equity by Increasing Access to 
Kidney Transplants for Patients with Obesity
Released: 20-Jun-2023 6:00 PM EDT
Loyola Medicine Improves Health Equity by Increasing Access to Kidney Transplants for Patients with Obesity
Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine's advanced robotic surgery program makes it one of the few hospitals in the country to offer kidney transplantation to patients with obesity.

Newswise: Partial Liver Transplants for Kids Key to Preventing Waitlist Deaths and Improving Outcomes
Released: 20-Jun-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Partial Liver Transplants for Kids Key to Preventing Waitlist Deaths and Improving Outcomes
University of Pittsburgh

Dozens of children die each year in the U.S. while waiting for a new liver. A new analysis suggests that greater use of partial liver transplants — either from a living donor or by splitting a deceased donor’s liver for two recipients — could save many of these young lives.

Newswise: Rohit Loomba, MD, Named Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Released: 13-Jun-2023 1:25 PM EDT
Rohit Loomba, MD, Named Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
UC San Diego Health

Rohit Loomba, MD, has been named chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. His new role is effective June 1, 2023.

Released: 9-Jun-2023 1:35 PM EDT
Shed those pounds while digesting all these weight-loss research headlines from the Weight Loss channel
Newswise

As more families consider bariatric surgery a viable option to treat their child’s obesity, it is important to stay up-to-date on the latest research on weight loss. You can find the latest research on bariatric surgery and other weight loss options in the Weight Loss channel on Newswise, where journalists can find story ideas on this trending topic.

Released: 8-Jun-2023 10:05 AM EDT
“List Diving” Skips Top Candidates Awaiting Donor Kidneys
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Some centers routinely skip the top kidney transplant candidates on the wait list and give the kidney to lower-ranked patients, finds a new study at Columbia University.

Newswise: Multicenter Trial Finds Using Circulatory Death Donors is Safe and Effective for Heart Transplantation
Released: 7-Jun-2023 6:40 PM EDT
Multicenter Trial Finds Using Circulatory Death Donors is Safe and Effective for Heart Transplantation
Northwestern Medicine

A study published in New England Journal of Medicine confirms that circulatory death donor hearts that are reanimated and perfused with blood outside of the body are as safe and effective to transplant as brain death donor hearts preserved using traditional cold storage. These findings suggest that using hearts donated after circulatory death (DCD) may have the potential to widen the donor pool helping more patients in need of life-saving heart transplants.

Newswise: New Heart Transplant Method May Grow Donor Pool 30%
2-Jun-2023 10:00 AM EDT
New Heart Transplant Method May Grow Donor Pool 30%
Duke Health

A study led by Duke Health physicians, appearing online June 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that DCD hearts were equivalent to hearts procured through the current standard of care.

Newswise: Tipsheet: American Transplant Congress 2023
Released: 2-Jun-2023 10:05 PM EDT
Tipsheet: American Transplant Congress 2023
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai clinicians and scientists, including Medawar Prize winner Stanley Jordan, MD, and prominent nephrology and immunology investigator Peter Heeger, MD, will share their latest advances in research at the American Transplant Congress (ATC), June 3-7, 2023, in San Diego.

Newswise: A Potential Biomarker for Pediatric Acute Liver Failure
Released: 2-Jun-2023 12:05 PM EDT
A Potential Biomarker for Pediatric Acute Liver Failure
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

A tiny population of T-cells could serve as a much-needed biomarker—and a potential therapeutic target—for pediatric acute liver failure, according to new research from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Released: 1-Jun-2023 1:40 PM EDT
Tip Sheet: First-in-human HIV vaccine results, progress in pediatric AML — and Fred Hutch at ASCO
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center research findings and other news. If you’re covering the American Society for Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, June 2-6 in Chicago, Illinois, see our list of Fred Hutch research highlights at ASCO and contact [email protected] to set up interviews with experts.

Released: 31-May-2023 6:05 AM EDT
U-M Health performs its first heart transplant after cardiac death
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Transplant surgeons at the University of Michigan Health completed the health system’s first heart transplant using a donation after circulatory death, or DCD, heart. DCD transplants increased 68% in 2022.

Newswise: National Leader in Transplant Surgery Care and Quality Tapped as the New Director of University Hospitals Transplant Institute
Released: 25-May-2023 9:30 AM EDT
National Leader in Transplant Surgery Care and Quality Tapped as the New Director of University Hospitals Transplant Institute
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Announcement of Zoe Stewart Lewis, MD, PhD, MPH, as the new Director of Cleveland's University Hospitals Transplant Institute and Chief of the Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery in the Department of Surgery.

Released: 19-May-2023 10:55 AM EDT
American Society of Nephrology Commends Senate Introduction of the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) applauds the introduction of the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act (S. 1668), bipartisan legislation to ensure accountability and transparency in the U.S. transplant system by modernizing its underlying technology and policy infrastructure.

Released: 16-May-2023 7:00 AM EDT
Especialista da Mayo Clinic: três avanços levam a mais transplantes de órgãos que salvam vidas
Mayo Clinic

Com muita frequência, as pessoas que estão esperando por transplantes de órgãos que salvam vidas não conseguem realizar o procedimento. Um dos maiores desafios é a falta de órgãos doados em condições viáveis.

Released: 16-May-2023 7:00 AM EDT
Experto de Mayo Clinic señala 3 avances en trasplantes de órganos para salvar más vidas
Mayo Clinic

Es demasiado frecuente que las personas que esperan un trasplante de órganos para salvar sus vidas no puedan conseguirlo. Una de las mayores dificultades es la falta de órganos donados viables.

Released: 16-May-2023 7:00 AM EDT
خبير من مايو كلينك: 3 تطورات تؤدي إلى مزيد من عمليات زراعة الأعضاء المنقذة للحياة
Mayo Clinic

في كثير من الأحيان، لا يمكن لمن ينتظرون عمليات زراعة الأعضاء المنقذة للحياة الحصول عليها. من أكبر التحديات التي تواجههم: الافتقار إلى الأعضاء الصالحة المُتبرع بها.

Newswise: WFIRM bioprinting research makes history when it soars to the ISS
Released: 15-May-2023 8:00 AM EDT
WFIRM bioprinting research makes history when it soars to the ISS
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) will make history this month when the first bioprinted solid tissue constructs soar to the International Space Station (ISS) on board the next all private astronaut mission by commercial space leader Axiom Space.

   
Released: 12-May-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Immigration Nation: Research and Experts
Newswise

Title 42, the United States pandemic rule that had been used to immediately deport hundreds of thousands of migrants who crossed the border illegally over the last three years, has expired. Those migrants will have the opportunity to apply for asylum. President Biden's new rules to replace Title 42 are facing legal challenges. Border crossings have already risen sharply, as many migrants attempt to cross before the measure expires on Thursday night. Some have said they worry about tighter controls and uncertainty ahead. Immigration is once again a major focus of the media as we examine the humanitarian, political, and public health issues migrants must go through.

       
Released: 12-May-2023 1:30 PM EDT
Professor and students seek to uncover Nature’s chilling secret
Creighton University

Eric Bredahl, PhD, and his team of undergraduate research assistants are trusting that Nature, if asked nicely, or at least insistently, will yield another of her secrets.

   
Newswise: The Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift: A Daughter Gave Her Own Mother Life Through the Gift of Organ Donation
Released: 12-May-2023 1:10 PM EDT
The Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift: A Daughter Gave Her Own Mother Life Through the Gift of Organ Donation
Hackensack Meridian Health

It's one thing to buy your mother flowers or a gift certificate to the spa for Mother’s Day - but it’s a whole other thing to give her the gift of life. In a reversal of roles, thanks to the miracle of kidney donation, a New Jersey daughter was able to give her own mother the gift of life, 37 years after her mom gave her life.

Released: 8-May-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Huntsman Cancer Institute Grows to More than a Million Square Feet of State-of-the-Art Cancer Space with Opening of $178 Million Kathryn F. Kirk Center
University of Utah Health

The Kathryn F. Kirk Center for Comprehensive Cancer Care and Women’s Cancers is a major expansion of Huntsman Cancer Institute, designed with the most advanced cancer care expertise and technology.

1-May-2023 3:20 PM EDT
Clinical Outcomes of more than 500 Lung Transplants using Ex vivo Lung Perfusion: A Large-Volume, Single-Center Retrospective Analysis
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

To compare the outcomes of patients receiving lungs transplanted after undergoing ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) versus those transplanted conventionally at the Toronto General Hospital, Aadil Ali, PhD, and coauthors looked at 14 years of data from the Toronto Lung Transplant Database.

1-May-2023 4:30 PM EDT
Safety and Efficacy of Delaying Nighttime Lung Transplantation
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

Lung transplantation is routinely performed at night because of the unpredictability of donor organ procurement. Late start-times for complex operations such as lung transplantation have been associated with adverse outcomes.

1-May-2023 4:10 PM EDT
The Early Outcome of Lung Transplantation from Donors who Tested Positive for COVID-19
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have rumbled through every piece of society, and nowhere more dramatically than in the medical communities.

Released: 5-May-2023 2:35 PM EDT
Houston Methodist Hospital reaches 10,000 transplant milestone
Houston Methodist

Surgeons at Houston Methodist Hospital successfully completed its 10,000th organ transplant yesterday.

Released: 1-May-2023 6:25 PM EDT
In US system of allocating livers for transplanting, geographic inequity persists despite recent policy changes
Carnegie Mellon University

In the United States, an average of three people die every day waiting for a liver transplant, which resulted in nearly 1,200 lives lost in 2021. Liver allocation policy has undergone major modifications in the last 10 years.

Released: 28-Apr-2023 11:15 AM EDT
American Society of Nephrology Celebrates the Re-Introduction of the Living Donor Protection Act
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

• The Living Donor Protection Act (LDPA) will remove barriers facing living donors. • Approximately 90,000 adults and 1,100 children are on the kidney transplant waitlist. • 12 American die every day while waiting for a kidney transplant. • More than 37 million Americans are living with kidney diseases, including more than 800,000 with kidney failure.

Newswise: Tipsheet: Donate Life Month 2023
Released: 28-Apr-2023 10:45 AM EDT
Tipsheet: Donate Life Month 2023
Cedars-Sinai

Experts from the Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center and Smidt Heart Institute are available for interviews about transplantation, immunology and organ donation in April, Donate Life Month, and throughout the year.

Newswise: Liver transplant survivor’s recovery linked to sociodemographic factors, UTSW study shows
Released: 26-Apr-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Liver transplant survivor’s recovery linked to sociodemographic factors, UTSW study shows
UT Southwestern Medical Center

The resilience and coping abilities of patients who’ve had liver transplants vary and change over time and are often linked to sociodemographic factors including income, race, and education, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. The findings could lead to tailored interventions to optimize clinical and patient-centered outcomes among liver transplant recipients.

Newswise: Laser speckle imaging can identify hearts suitable for transplantation
Released: 26-Apr-2023 12:05 AM EDT
Laser speckle imaging can identify hearts suitable for transplantation
SPIE

In the majority of cases, graft failure after heart transplantation is attributable to abnormalities like severe coronary artery disease.

   
Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Marks Donate Life Month With Record Numbers for Transplant Patients
Released: 25-Apr-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Marks Donate Life Month With Record Numbers for Transplant Patients
Cedars-Sinai

As the nation takes notice of the importance of organ donations during April, National Donate Life Month, Cedars-Sinai is reporting a record-setting year for calendar year 2022.

Newswise: Cancer Survivors with Transportation Barriers to Care Face Risk for Emergency Room Use and Mortality, New Study Shows
24-Apr-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Cancer Survivors with Transportation Barriers to Care Face Risk for Emergency Room Use and Mortality, New Study Shows
American Cancer Society (ACS)

New research from scientists at the American Cancer Society and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, found delayed care due to lack of transportation is associated with increased emergency room (ER) use and mortality risk among adults with and without cancer history. Cancer survivors with transportation barriers had the highest risk. The study was published today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Newswise:Video Embedded live-event-for-april-21-sleeping-pill-reduces-levels-of-alzheimer-s-proteins
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Released: 21-Apr-2023 3:10 PM EDT
TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO AVAILABLE Live Event for April 21: Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer’s proteins
Newswise

Researcher will discuss the study which involved a sleeping aid known as suvorexant that is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for insomnia, hints at the potential of sleep medications to slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

       
Newswise:Video Embedded after-10-year-wait-teenager-celebrates-a-new-kidney
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Released: 21-Apr-2023 10:05 AM EDT
After 10-Year Wait, Teenager Celebrates a New Kidney
Cedars-Sinai

MaryAshley Barbot waited 10 years for a new kidney, but the hospitals near her South Carolina home were unable to find a match. Now, the teenager is in the best health of her life, six months after receiving a kidney transplant at Cedars-Sinai.

Newswise: Engineering the Next Generation of Cell and Gene Therapies
Released: 20-Apr-2023 4:20 PM EDT
Engineering the Next Generation of Cell and Gene Therapies
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai investigators are developing a novel way to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and retinitis pigmentosa using engineered stem cells that may eventually lead to personalized treatments.

Released: 20-Apr-2023 2:35 PM EDT
American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Applauds Congressional Support for Increasing Competition and Accountability in Transplant Care
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce signaled support for the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act (SUS OPTN) during the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Existing Healthcare Workforce and Primary Care Programs.

Newswise: Loyola University Medical Center hosts Flag Raising Ceremony to Commemorate Donors
Released: 19-Apr-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Loyola University Medical Center hosts Flag Raising Ceremony to Commemorate Donors
Loyola Medicine

In recognition of Donate Life Month, Loyola University Medical Center will host a ceremony to raise the Gift of Hope flag and light candles in honor of organ and tissue donors and their families. Loyola Medicine staff will gather with transplant recipients, their families and donor families to remember those who gave the gift of life and encourage others to become organ donors.

Released: 19-Apr-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Modulating a Specific Protein Could Lead to New Liver Disease Treatments
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

In research published in The FASEB Journal, scientists have discovered that a molecule called Yes-associated protein (YAP) plays a key role in the development of liver scarring, or fibrosis, by influencing the behavior of premature cells called liver progenitor cells.

   
Newswise: Smidt Heart Institute Experts Available for Interviews During ISHLT Conference
Released: 18-Apr-2023 4:50 PM EDT
Smidt Heart Institute Experts Available for Interviews During ISHLT Conference
Cedars-Sinai

Cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are available to discuss the latest advances in research, clinical care and surgery throughout the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) Scientific Sessions 2023, taking place April 19-22 in Denver.

Newswise: UI Health’s clinic aids Spanish speakers seeking kidney transplants
Released: 18-Apr-2023 3:00 PM EDT
UI Health’s clinic aids Spanish speakers seeking kidney transplants
University of Illinois Chicago

Since the Spanish Language Clinic began in April 2022, more than 160 patients have signed up with the clinic, which specifically treats Spanish-speaking patients on Tuesdays and Fridays, said Samantha Mok, transplant outreach coordinator at UI Health.

Newswise: Investigational drug may improve stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients
14-Apr-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Investigational drug may improve stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients
Washington University in St. Louis

An international phase 3 clinical trial led by physicians at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown that the investigational drug motixafortide — when combined with the standard therapy for mobilizing stem cells — significantly increases the number of stem cells that can be harvested, compared with treatment with the standard agent alone.

Newswise: American Society for Clinical Investigation Elects SLU Researcher Krista Lentine
Released: 14-Apr-2023 12:55 PM EDT
American Society for Clinical Investigation Elects SLU Researcher Krista Lentine
Saint Louis University

The ASCI is a nonprofit medical honor society comprising over 3,000 physician-scientists from all medical specialties. The Society is dedicated to advancing research that extends understanding of diseases and improves treatment, and members are committed to mentoring future generations of physician-scientists.

Released: 10-Apr-2023 6:30 PM EDT
American Society of Nephrology Statement on Introduction of the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) applauds the introduction of the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act, bipartisan legislation to ensure accountability and transparency in the U.S. transplant system by modernizing its underlying technology and policy infrastructure.

Newswise: UT Southwestern surgeon offers insight on elbow injuries among young baseball players
Released: 10-Apr-2023 1:15 PM EDT
UT Southwestern surgeon offers insight on elbow injuries among young baseball players
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Spring marks the arrival of baseball, and with it the risk of elbow injuries among young players. Tears or ruptures of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) are the most common elbow injury among baseball players from youth leagues to the major leagues, especially pitchers. The most severe cases require reconstructive surgery, commonly known as Tommy John surgery.

Released: 7-Apr-2023 4:45 PM EDT
Novel approach prevents liver damage in animal models of Alagille syndrome
Baylor College of Medicine

Alagille syndrome, a genetic disease estimated to affect 1 in 30,000 individuals, is caused by mutations in the gene JAG1 in most cases. The mutations affect multiple organs including the liver where it often results in cholestasis, a condition in which the flow of bile from the liver stops or slows, leading to bile buildup that in time causes liver damage.

   


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