Transplantation News

Researchers found a complement inhibitor can help reduce rejection.

Segregated residential and transplant center neighborhoods may serve as a mechanism of structural racism and contribute to disparities, according to a recently published study.

Donor nephrectomy in living kidney donors aged 70 years or older is safe and does not significantly impact eGFR or the risk of end-stage renal disease, recently published data show.

Certain facilitators may allow older patients to activity while awaiting a kidney transplant, despite patients and care partners reporting barriers to pretransplant exercise, data show.

Patients who receive hemodialysis vs. peritoneal dialysis before kidney transplantation may be at higher risk for developing atrial fibrillation after the transplant, a study found.

The Health Resources and Services Administration has released details on efforts to reform the U.S. organ procurement network, including modernizing IT services and creating an independent board to monitor the performance of contractors.

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes has released a series of recommendations for the transplant team on how to manage patients with a failing kidney allograft.

Living kidney donors had a lower overall risk for bone fractures following donation but experienced significantly more vertebral breaks vs. a control group, researchers found.

Organ procurement organizations in the United States recovered a record 43,603 organs from 16,000 donors in 2023, according to the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations.

Monitoring nutritional status is not the same for pediatric and adult patients with chronic kidney disease, and all nephrologists should be aware of the differences, according to an article in Seminars in Nephrology.