November 20, 2020

New Mexico teen who received a liver transplant starts support group

LAS CRUCES - A Las Cruces teenager who received a liver transplant when she was nine months old, along with a group of other teenage organ transplant recipients from across

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Bone Marrow Transplants

Medication

November 20, 2020

Ruxolitinib for Acute Graft-vs-Host Disease Improves Outcomes in the Second Line | Targeted Oncology

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspective event, Usama Gergis, MD, MBA, professor of Oncology, director, Bone Marrow Transplant and Immune Cellular Therapy at Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, at

Stem Cell Transplants

Transplant Life

November 20, 2020

This TikToker Is Dancing to Raise Money for Stem Cell Transplant

TikToker and musical artist Madison Olds (@madison_olds) is embarking on an ambitious plan to raise money for her boyfriend’s stem cell transplant by doing daily dances on the platform, where

November 19, 2020

DAA Regimen Decreases HCV Risk in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Seven days of direct acting antiviral prophylaxis could be enough to avoid a hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection for a HCV kidney recipient from a HCV positive kidney donor. A team, Idris

November 18, 2020

Knoxville man awaiting kidney and heart transplant amid hospital shutdowns in Indiana

After Wednesday night, Jennifer Celeste can't see her fiancé Steve as he awaits life-saving organ donations. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The pandemic is forcing some hospitals to keep visitors out, as COVID-19

November 18, 2020

Poor Pediatric Liver Transplant Patients Do Better When Treated at Centers With Below-Average Overall Failure Rates

Pediatric liver transplant patients from economically deprived neighborhoods were more likely to experience graft failure than those from wealthier areas -- but not when they were treated at centers with

November 17, 2020

Sisters devastated by transplant failure look for second chance

Sunshine Clay (left) is in need of a second kidney transplant after the one her sister, Stephanie Nolen (right), donated to her last year failed after surgery. (Photo: Christine Holmes/ Zanesville

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Bone Marrow Transplants

November 15, 2020

VIDEO: Lee Cataluna: Billy Kenoi Is Back With A Powerful Message

Billy Kenoi wants you to know that anything is possible. Anything. Even if things look really bad right now. He speaks from first-hand experience. The former Hawaii County mayor’s speech to the Chamber of

November 14, 2020

Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion Improves Liver Transplant Waitlist Placement, Especially for Certain Minorities

Newswise — ALEXANDRIA, VA – Data from a new study presented this week at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience® – held by the American Association for the Study of Liver

November 13, 2020

Duke Surgeons Perform 1,500th Heart Transplant

Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C., recently completed its 1,500th heart transplant, making it the fifth transplant center in the U.S. to hit this milestone, The News & Observer reported

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