For Oak Forest resident Michelle Knight, a double lung transplant has given her the life she had almost given up on. Although the recovery period has been gruelling at times …
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The study evaluated the safety and tolerability of felzalutamab in adults who experienced late AMR at least six months after kidney transplantation. Credit: mi_viri / Shutterstock.com Human Immunology Biosciences (HI-Bio) …
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Liver Transplantation
Women and Black Patients Face Significant Disadvantages in Receiving Liver Transplants – Advances in Gastroenterology and Transplantation
by News Sourceby News SourceThe growing burden of alcohol use disorders and alcohol-related liver disease While previous studies have documented disparities in liver transplants overall, disparities in liver transplants for ALD are less clear, …
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Dialysis
IL-6 inhibition with clazakizumab in patients undergoing maintenance dialysis: a randomized phase 2b study.
Competing interests GMC serves on the board of directors of Satellite Healthcare, a not-for-profit dialysis provider. His institution (Stanford University) has received grant funding from clinical trial sponsor CSL Behring. …
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Married in 2005, Gary and Carrie's bond is forged and unbreakable by their shared experiences. ST. LOUIS — After an encounter BJC Lung Transplant Instruction ProgramTwo patients fall in love …
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Kidney Transplantation
First-ever combination of heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant offers new hope for terminally ill patients
by News Sourceby News SourceSSurgeons at New York University Langone Health have performed the first surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump with a gene-edited pig kidney transplant. The patient is a 54-year-old woman …
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Dialysis
Pelham Parkway dialysis center will close soon, leaving patients angry
by News Sourceby News SourceDialysis patients in the Pelham Parkway area will have to find another place to receive treatment in the coming months. US Renal Care has been serving the community since 2003 …
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Physicians other than nephrologists frequently prescribe QT-prolonging drugs with a known risk of torsade de pointes (TdP) to dialysis-dependent elderly patients, and these prescriptions are often reserved for non-acute settings. …
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Diet
Use of reduced-dose drug therapy in patients with liver cirrhosis and liver transplant recipients
by News Sourceby News SourceAugust 17, 2021 Weight loss is associated with improvement in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and other favorable outcomes in the general population and may increase eligibility for liver transplantation …
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Liver Transplantation
Doctors conduct first human clinical trial to grow new livers inside patients – Healthcare
by News Sourceby News SourceDoctors conduct first human clinical trial to grow new livers inside patients This breakthrough approach offers a solution to the challenges posed by severe …