Tag: Organ Transplants

Outcomes worse before and after liver transplant for nonoverweight versus overweight/obese adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Racial/ethnic disparities in time from dialysis initiation to transplantation mitigated by 2014 Kidney Allocation System

Kidney came from pig genetically engineered to grow an organ with a low risk for being rejected by the human body

Overall, cancer responsible for loss of 1.9 percent of total life years expected in the absence of cancer in transplant recipients

For Blacks versus Whites, differences in post-LT mortality narrowed between 2002 and 2009, increased between 2014 and 2018

Class I HED of the donor is associated with higher risk for acute and chronic rejection of the liver transplant

Second study shows increased risk for breakthrough COVID-19 infection and associated mortality for SOTRs versus general population

More patients receiving mRNA-1273 booster have serologic response with anti-receptor-binding domain antibody level of at least 100 U/mL

Authorization includes people who have had solid organ transplants and those whose immune systems are equally compromised

Third dose of mRNA-1273 vaccine induces serologic response in 49 percent of kidney recipients who did not respond after two doses