Graft Rejection

A matched case-control study performed at Kaiser Permanente Southern California found no evidence to suggest an association between vaccination and corneal graft rejection.

In this interview with Healio, Alexandre Loupy, MD, PhD, discusses the results of a 5-year international study looking at the value of artificial intelligence in detecting signs of kidney allograft failure.

Researchers at Stanford Medicine showed that a stem cell transplant from a living-related kidney donor before the recipient received the transplant from the same donor eliminated the need for use of immunosuppressive drugs long term.

Memo Therapeutics AG received fast track designation from the FDA for AntiBKV, a drug to treat BK polyomavirus infections, according to the press release.

Select transplant recipients can successfully self-test kidney function at home after training, according to data published in the Kidney International Reports.

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

Heart transplant is the definitive treatment option for patients with advanced HF, yet allograft rejection and injury remain impediments to posttransplant survival despite continued advances in posttransplant outcomes.

Adherence promotion strategies, such as the Medication Adherence Promotion System, proved to be cost-effective and improved rejection rates among adolescent kidney transplant recipients, according to a published study.

Natera Inc. has launched the latest version of its test for allograft rejection following kidney transplantation, which now provides the quantity of donor-derived cell-free DNA in addition to the donor-derived cell-free DNA fraction alone.

For recipients with HIV, early steroid withdrawal was associated with increased odds of acute graft rejection 1 year after kidney transplantation, according to research presented at the American Transplant Congress.