WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Damage from Hurricane Helen is impacting healthcare manufacturers' ability to distribute IV solutions and other products. Wichita restaurant owner Joshua Rathbun started dialysis four months ago. …
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Kidney Transplantation
First person dies after receiving genetically modified pig kidney transplant: NPR
by News Sourceby News SourceRick Suleiman, pictured here at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, became the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig. Michelle Rose/Massachusetts General Hospital Hide caption …
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Bone marrow transplantion
Impact of graft CD34+ cell count on hematologic recovery in patients receiving post-transplant cyclophosphamide prophylaxis
by Wenhui Gaoby Wenhui GaoGooptu M, Romee R, St Martin A, Arora M, Al Malki M, Antin JH, et al. HLA haploidentical versus matched unrelated donor transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide-based prophylaxis. Blood. 2021;138:273–82. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2021011281. …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Pig kidney transplants She has died, along with an implanted device that keeps her heart beating, surgeons announced Tuesday. Lisa Pisano was near death with kidney and …
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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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Heart Transplantation
Dutch man becomes world’s longest-surviving heart transplant patient | His immune system ‘attacked’ his new heart twice | Inschobert Jansen of the Netherlands has survived more than 39 years after receiving a heart transplant He became the world’s longest-lived heart transplant patient.
by Ashley Paulby Ashley PaulDutch man becomes world’s longest-surviving heart transplant patient | His immune system ‘attacked’ his new heart twice | Inschobert Jansen of the Netherlands has survived more than 39 years after …
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Dialysis
University of Cincinnati study: Comparing pregnancy rates in patients receiving two types of dialysis
by News Sourceby News Source“Childbirth is an essential part of a woman’s life. However, ESKD disrupts this important factor by reducing fertility, and pregnancy in women on dialysis is rare, and when pregnancy occurs, …
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BELCHERTOWN — Bill Alderman was driving to work during a snowstorm last winter when he realized slippery roads weren’t his biggest problem. “Suddenly I had severe pain in my kidneys …