High Unmet Treatment Needs in Patients With CKD and T2D High Unmet Treatment Needs in Patients With CKD and T2D
Identifying the unmet care needs of patients with CKD and type 2 diabetes could lead to improvements in treatment options.Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - April 13, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news

Healthcare in America: Let That Tapeworm Grow Healthcare in America: Let That Tapeworm Grow
Our sickness care system is one helluva jobs program.Medscape Internal Medicine (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - April 11, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news

Prediction of Advanced Liver Fibrosis in CHB Patients With NAFLD Prediction of Advanced Liver Fibrosis in CHB Patients With NAFLD
The authors developed a novel, non-invasive model for assessing advanced liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Does it perform better than existing models?Journal of Viral Hepatitis (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 31, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology Journal Article Source Type: news

A'Game Changer' for Heart Transplant? A'Game Changer' for Heart Transplant?
Dr DeVore, from the first US center to perform an adult heart transplant using an organ donated after circulatory death, explains the differences and similarities with brain-dead donation to Dr Pi ña.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 24, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news

Transplant Rethink Urged After Brain Tumor Donors Found Safe Transplant Rethink Urged After Brain Tumor Donors Found Safe
The risk for cancer transmission from organ donors with primary brain tumors is lower than previously thought, and organ usage from such donors could be expanded to tackle shortages, say UK researchers.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 24, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Drug Developer 89Bio Soars as NASH Drug Succeeds in Midstage Study Drug Developer 89Bio Soars as NASH Drug Succeeds in Midstage Study
Drug developer 89Bio said on Wednesday its experimental treatment for liver disease NASH met the main goals of a small mid-stage study.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 23, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news

Somatic Reprogramming May Create Biological Pacemakers Somatic Reprogramming May Create Biological Pacemakers
Researchers have reintroduced the gene TBX18 into an adult cardiac cell and reprogrammed it to generate pacemaker activity.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 16, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Potential Breakthrough for a Race-Linked Kidney Disease? Potential Breakthrough for a Race-Linked Kidney Disease?
Inaxaplin is an oral small molecule that curbs the ill effects of gene variants linked with kidney damage carried primarily by Black individuals. The drug has shown promise in a proof-of-concept study.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 15, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news

Transplant Surgeon to 30,000 Marathoners: Give Me That Liver Transplant Surgeon to 30,000 Marathoners: Give Me That Liver
Surgeon goes the extra half mile for his patient.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - March 2, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Transplantation News Source Type: news

Pembrolizumab Activity in BCG-Refractory Papillary Bladder Cancer Pembrolizumab Activity in BCG-Refractory Papillary Bladder Cancer
Pembrolizumab monotherapy showed promising antitumor activity for patients with high-risk non –muscle invasive bladder cancer that did not respond to standard treatment with BCG.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 27, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Man in Germany Cured of HIV With Stem Cells Man in Germany Cured of HIV With Stem Cells
"It shows it ' s not impossible -- it ' s just very difficult -- to remove HIV from the body."WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 22, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news

Real-Time CGM Plus Insulin Pump Best for Type 1 Diabetes Real-Time CGM Plus Insulin Pump Best for Type 1 Diabetes
In youth with type 1 diabetes, real-time continuous glucose monitoring and insulin pump use were associated with more time in target glucose range versus intermittently scanned CGM and injections.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 22, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

Should Kidney Transplants Be Offered to Undocumented Immigrants? Should Kidney Transplants Be Offered to Undocumented Immigrants?
' All in all, [recent] studies, along with ours, call into question the long-held belief that undocumented immigrants have worse [kidney] transplant outcomes, ' say the authors of a new study.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 15, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news

Pediatric HSCT Recipients Benefit From High-Dose Flu Vaccine Pediatric HSCT Recipients Benefit From High-Dose Flu Vaccine
New data published in NEJM suggest that a high-dose trivalent vaccine offers better protection for kids who receive HSCT than a standard-dose quadrivalent vaccine.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 13, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Joint Effort: CBD Not Just Innocent Bystander in Weed Joint Effort: CBD Not Just Innocent Bystander in Weed
Dr F. Perry Wilson comments on a study that busts a popular myth about CBD and THC.Medscape (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 13, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news