Transplantation News

The transplant community, HHS and procurement organizations need to work collaboratively to increase the organ supply for transplantation in the United States, according to remarks made at the American Transplant Congress.

Living kidney donors with obesity are at less of a risk for hypertension compared with non-donors with obesity, according to a presentation at the American Transplant Congress.

Kidneys utilized during living donor transplants may have a lower likelihood of survival if not age matched to the recipient, according to data presented at the American Transplant Congress.

Compared with living donors aged 50 to 70 years, donor age older than 70 years may be a negative predictor of kidney transplant and graft survival, according to a presentation at the American Transplant Congress.

The use of infliximab in patients with a deceased donor kidney transplant led to increased infections and did not improve allograft survival, according to data presented at the American Transplant Congress.

Among kidney transplant recipients with uncontrolled gout, pegloticase showed sustained decreased serum urate levels, according to findings presented at the American Transplant Congress.

A second kidney transplant correlates with better survival compared with dialysis treatment, according to data published in the American Journal of Transplantation.

Memo Therapeutics AG announced the initiation of a phase 1 clinical study to examine MTX-005 against BK polyomavirus infection among kidney transplant patients.

Patients on dialysis and patients receiving care for transplantation reported a need for increased mental health resources, patient-focused education and support following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to published data.

Howard M. Nathan retired earlier this year after 38 years of leading one of the largest and most successful organ procurement organizations in the country.