In Primate Study, Antibody Treatment Prevents Organ Rejection After Transplant
THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 2023 -- A new study in non-human primates shows potential for using a manmade monoclonal antibody to help prevent organ rejection after a transplant. The antibody was successful in promoting graft survival after kidney and... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 31, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Endpoints and Trial Designs to Advance Drug Development in Kidney Transplantation - 11/09/2023
The goal of this workshop is to stimulate discussion between the FDA, academicians, and industry representatives on endpoint and trial design to promote drug development in kidney transplantation. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - August 24, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

How a family's choice to donate a body for pig kidney research could help change transplants
A sister’s choice to donate her brother’s body for research is helping doctors learn how to one day use pig organs to save human lives (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Compensating Kidney Donors
LA Times: Never in the field of public legislation has so much been lost by so many to one law, as Churchill might’ve put it. The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 created the framework for the organ transplant system in the United States, and nearly 40 years later, the law is responsible for…#latimes #transplantact #walterreed #seattleite #kidneydonors #rootofproblem (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pig kidney transplant in brain-dead man marks advance, NYU surgeons say
A genetically altered pig kidney has functioned for 32 days in a brain-dead man. His heart is still beating, and he is breathing with the aid of a respirator. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lenny Bernstein Source Type: news

Improved Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplants Mark a Major Advance
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 16, 2023 -- Genetically engineered pig kidneys are nearing the point where they could provide a government-approved, sustainable supply of organs for sick humans awaiting a transplant, a pair of new studies argue. A lightly modified... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

A Pig ’ s Kidney Has Been Working in a Human Body for a Month, a Medical Milestone
(NEW YORK) — Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s worked normally — a critical step toward an operation the New York team hopes to eventually try in living patients. Scientists around the country are racing to learn how to use animal organs to save human lives, and bodies donated for research offer a remarkable rehearsal. The latest experiment announced Wednesday by NYU Langone Health marks the longest a pig kidney has functioned in a person, albeit a deceased one — and it’s not over. Researchers are set to track the ki...
Source: TIME: Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lauren Neergard / Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized medicine Source Type: news

Pig Kidneys Performing Effectively in Two Brain-Dead Patients
In two experiments, researchers implanted the organs into brain-dead patients for extended periods, raising hopes for a new supply of donor organs. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-health your-feed-healthcare Kidneys Genetic Engineering Surgery and Surgeons Dialysis Immune System Transplants Pigs Research Source Type: news

Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants
New York surgeons transplanted a pig's kidney into a brain-dead man and for over a month it's worked normally (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Pig kidney transplant in brain dead man marks advance, NYU surgeons say
A genetically altered pig kidney has functioned for 32 days in a man declared neurologically dead. His heart is still beating, and he is breathing with the aid of a respirator. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lenny Bernstein Source Type: news

Better Than Dialysis? Artificial Kidney Could Be the Future Better Than Dialysis? Artificial Kidney Could Be the Future
Researchers have developed an implantable bioartificial kidney that could help patients with end-stage kidney disease lead a better quality of life.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - August 15, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news

Wake Forest University School of Medicine study examines tech to reverse damage to kidneys and kidney cells
According to the National Kidney Foundation, more than 100,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant, and the demand for donated kidneys far exceeds the supply. In fact, only 25,498 kidney transplants were performed in 2022, and kidney disease impacts 37 million people in the U.S. But a new preclinical study, led by scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, shows that a new technology called mitochondrial transplantation holds promise as a potential therapy that could change … (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: news

Science Saturday: Confronting polycystic kidney disease, a silent killer
Researchers at the Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center at Mayo Clinic now use artificial intelligence (AI) to assess total kidney volume, generating results in a matter of seconds. The goal is to help diagnose PKD. When Fouad Chebib, M.D., was 16 years old, his father sat him and his sister down and told them he had polycystic kidney disease (PKD). The kidneys of people with the condition become jammed with dense, fluid-filled sacs, causing them to increase in size… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 12, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Iron Deficiency and Cognition After Kidney Transplantation Iron Deficiency and Cognition After Kidney Transplantation
Could iron deficiency treatment help restore cognitive function among kidney transplant recipients?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news

Tanzania: State Eyes High Quality Services At BMH
[Daily News] Dodoma -- Government's efforts to bring specialised and super specialised services closer to the people is gathering momentum with Dodoma based Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH) planning to establish a kidney transplant complex and cardiovascular and thoracic centres in this financial year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 2, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news