| 单词 | organ transplant |
| 例句 | The campus was impressive for what happened within its walls: chest crackings, organ transplants, molecular imagings, genetic probes, and virtually any other medical service known in the advanced world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It was a make-or-break moment: For many bands, replacing the lead singer is like an organ transplant. The Producer Refining Heavy Metal’s Sound 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z These numbers reflect a marginal improvement in one public health crisis – 22 people die each day waiting for an organ transplant – spurred by the damage of another. Drug overdose epidemic has driven increase in organ donors, data shows 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The scary thing here is that the organ transplant industry has its eye on PVS patients, estimated at being 100,000 strong in the U.S. alone. ArtsBeat: Dick Teresi Talks About the Line Between Life and Death 2012-04-12T18:04:38Z She thought maybe if she spent time with that kind of character, it would take — like an organ transplant or something. ‘Clueless’ Was Amy Heckerling’s Masterpiece. Is She Done With It? As If. 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z ALSO: Breakthrough in organ transplants Clues about humans from gorilla DNA Hawaii flooding: Disaster on two islands This article first appeared at Do long travel times contribute to segregation? Solar storm: 'The shock has arrived' 2012-03-08T16:56:00Z Without new medicines to treat deadly infection, lifesaving treatments like chemotherapy and organ transplant, and routine operations like caesareans and hip replacements will be potentially fatal.” WHO names 12 bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z “The God Committee” ostensibly ponders the ethical compromises involved in choosing organ transplant recipients, but it mostly illustrates the dangers of facile twists. ‘The God Committee’ Review: At a Hospital, Judgment Day 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Lopez, who suffers from kidney disease, needed an organ transplant in 2005 and his wife donated hers in a successful operation. George Lopez and wife to end marriage after 17 years 2010-09-27T23:30:00Z It’s estimated that about 17 people die every day as they wait for an organ transplant. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Save the lives of 8 people through organ donation 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said Jordy Robertson also continued to raise money through his “It Takes Lives to Save Lives” charity, purportedly to raise awareness about organ transplants for children. 8 years for dad of Saints ‘super fan’ in charity, drug case 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Once upon a time, a human organ transplant was the stuff of science fiction. Here is the one way marijuana use can kill you 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Thomas Starzl, organ transplant pioneer He gave a ray of hope to those Whose chance was but a sliver. Style Invitational Week 1265: Parody for the course — write a song about school 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z She pointed to a middle-aged surgical coordinator for an organ transplant unit dressed in her scrubs. A Witch’s Brew of an Exhibit Enters the Modern Age in Salem 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z According to the World Health Organization, he writes, “about 10 percent of world organ transplants are obtained on the black market.” Books of The Times: Need a Kidney? A Skull? Just Bring Cash 2011-06-16T21:02:31Z Even with all the best care and medication, there’s still "that unknown factor" when it comes to organ transplants. Identical twin brothers each receive heart transplants: 'Quite unique' 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Bothered reported that her mother-in-law, an alcoholic and organ transplant recipient, seemed to be drinking again. Perspective | Ask Amy: Reader wonders how to help a depressed friend 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Its aim, to raise awareness about those awaiting for organ transplants, appeared to work: over 12,000 people registered as organ donors after the broadcast. French test limits with fake game-show electrocutions 2010-03-17T18:28:00Z The collection did generate several historically important drugs through the years, including the tuberculosis antibiotic streptomycin and the organ transplant drug sirolimus. Scientists discover key to a potential natural cancer treatment's potency 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Rapid genomic diagnoses already guide precision therapies and other major treatment decisions, such as organ transplants, in real time and at scale. Newborn Genomic Screening Needs to Build the Evidence 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z According to the university, more than 110,000 people are awaiting an organ transplant in the U.S., with most waiting on kidney donors and thousands likely to die in the interim. A pig heart transplant is still working a month later, a promising result for the future of medicine 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Attempts at animal-to-human organ transplants - called xenotransplants - have failed for decades, as people’s immune systems immediately destroyed the foreign tissue. A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Attempts at animal-to-human organ transplants — called xenotransplants — have failed for decades, as people’s immune systems immediately destroyed the foreign tissue. Pig heart transplant recipient reaches 1-month mark, pushing through physical therapy 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are currently on waiting lists for an organ transplant, the vast majority of them for kidneys. No One Should Die Waiting for an Organ Transplant. These Doctors Want to Ensure That Doesn’t Happen 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z More than 100,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant—most of them for kidneys—so researchers have long been exploring xenotransplantation: transplanting other species’ organs into humans. Milestone Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant May Pave the Way for Broader Trial 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z These pioneering techniques might change the grim calculus of organ transplants in a way that no previous advances could, she writes in her feature story this month. Women Who Hunt, Organ Transplants and 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Some patients need to lose weight before qualifying for an organ transplant or joint replacement surgery — risks increase for complications if above a certain weight or body mass index. Medical weight-loss options evolve to meet changing needs | Provided by Providence Swedish 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Even many years later, these cells help explain why an organ transplant from a person's mother is more likely to be successful compared to a donor organ from their father. Moms' ability to 'remember' prior pregnancies suggests new strategies for preventing complications 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Montgomery compares the current, inadequate organ transplant system to an economy running on fossil fuels. No One Should Die Waiting for an Organ Transplant. These Doctors Want to Ensure That Doesn’t Happen 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Attempts at animal-to-human organ transplants have failed for decades, as people’s immune systems immediately destroyed the foreign tissue. Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z These cells persist in both individuals long after birth, which helps explain why, if someone needs an organ transplant, better outcomes occur when the organ comes from the mother rather than the father. Can your body “remember” pregnancy? A new study in mice suggests so 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z His first career was as an emergency room surgeon and specialist in organ transplants. Meet the brash, controversial former surgeon shaking up Taiwan’s presidential race 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Scaling up will be a challenge, Finger says, but long-term organ banking would be invaluable for the 100,000 people on the organ transplant waiting list. After ‘Absurdly Long’ 100-Day Freeze, Rat Kidneys Were Successfully Transplanted 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The researchers leading the trials will have to decide whether to enroll people on transplant waiting lists or people who are not eligible for human organ transplants and thus have no other option, Maschke says. No One Should Die Waiting for an Organ Transplant. These Doctors Want to Ensure That Doesn’t Happen 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Getting an organ transplant today is a long shot. How a family’s choice to donate a body for pig kidney research could help change transplants 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Kidney dialysis can keep patients alive, but the gold standard treatment is an organ transplant. Surgeons Improve Function of Kidneys Transplanted From Genetically Altered Pigs 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Local patients already avail of some of England's hospitals including Great Ormond Street and Birmingham for some paediatric organ transplants. NI health: Officials invited to NHS waiting list talks 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z People with immune suppression - like cancer patients - or people with co-morbidities like diabetes, kidney dialysis or organ transplants are particularly vulnerable, he said. Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh sparks alarm after 364 people die this year and infections rise 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z People with immune suppression — like cancer patients — or people with co-morbidities like diabetes, kidney dialysis or organ transplants are particularly vulnerable, he said. Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh sparks alarm after 364 people die this year and infections rise 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The House and Senate both recently gave unanimous approval to a bill designed to save thousands of lives of people on the organ transplant waiting list. Overhaul in the works for America’s organ transplant network 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z It extends life span by 10 to 15 percent in animals, and it is approved for human use, such as for organ transplant recipients. How Old Can Humans Get? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Over the past decade, an increasing number of families — almost always parents pushing back against a determination regarding their children and often in cases involving organ transplant directives — have done so. How dead is "dead enough"? 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Dr. Field narrated live telecasts of cardiac surgery and organ transplants. Frank Field, Who Brought Expertise to TV Weathercasting, Dies at 100 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Medical uses, particularly organ transplants, are a key driver for today’s work. How to deep freeze an entire organ—and bring it back to life 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z If they succeed, taurine would join several other potential antiaging compounds, including the diabetes drug metformin and the organ transplant drug rapamycin, that are scheduled to go into clinical trials within a year or so. Amino acid in energy drinks makes mice live longer and healthier 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Solid organ transplant patients are also very vulnerable. How Fungal Meningitis Outbreaks Can Happen after Cosmetic Procedures and Other Surgeries 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z As organ transplant science advances, its biggest hurdles are increasingly logistical ones—such as securing a flight and navigating through traffic fast enough to deliver an organ before it deteriorates. What the First Lung Delivered by Drone Means for Transplant Science 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The first successful organ transplant on record took place more than 150 years ago, when a Swiss-born physician grafted small pieces of a patient’s skin into a wound in the patient’s arm to speed healing. Millions of Californians are willing to donate organs, but relatively few do. Here's why 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The rapid decay of organs is one of the biggest problems bedeviling organ transplants for people. How to deep freeze an entire organ—and bring it back to life 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z People who are severely immunocompromised, such as organ transplant recipients, may want to opt for booster shots every six months or even more frequently, Dr. Faust said. U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z The lawsuit is the latest effort to challenge the policies and functioning of the nation’s troubled organ transplant system in recent years. Black man awaiting kidney transplant alleges racial bias 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Her husband, a researcher in organ transplant immunology, died in 2017 at 76. Margot Stern Strom, Anti-Bigotry Educator, Dies at 81 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z I was surprised to discover that one company has had the organ transplant contract since its inception almost 40 years ago. Opinion | Fixing the organ transplant system is essential 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Fewer than 10% of people who need organ transplants actually get them, the World Health Organization estimates. How to deep freeze an entire organ—and bring it back to life 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z That leaves those medically frail children — including recipients of organ transplants — unprotected against the virus, she said. U.S. Authorizes a New Round of Covid Boosters 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z They include people who have had organ transplants or who have blood cancer, and those undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Covid booster vaccine available for most vulnerable 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Once inside the body, the yeast can cause opportunistic illness: for instance, it strikes those recovering from organ transplants, chemotherapy or other medical treatments that wipe out the body’s innate immune defenses. Cases of a Drug-Resistant Fungus Tripled During the COVID Pandemic 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Data confirm that living organ transplants have a very low probability of severe complications. Opinion | Fixing the organ transplant system is essential 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Lawmakers should also review the statutes governing the organ transplant system, ensuring that the administrations have all necessary powers. Opinion | Break up the human organ monopoly 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The current system for organ transplants was set up in 1984, when Congress passed the National Organ Transplant Act. U.S. Organ Transplant System, Troubled by Long Wait Times, Faces an Overhaul 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The government announced plans Wednesday to overhaul the troubled U.S. organ transplant system, including breaking up the monopoly power of the nonprofit organization that has run it for the past 37 years. Troubled U.S. organ transplant system targeted for overhaul 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z As such, it's especially bad for immunocompromised patients, such as those with cancer or recipients of bone marrow and organ transplants. These four dangerous fungi pose a serious threat to public health 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z This subject is important to me because of my personal journey with organ transplants. Opinion | Fixing the organ transplant system is essential 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The catch is that myriocin, which was isolated from a fungus, suppresses the immune system, which once made it a potential treatment for rejection of organ transplants. Straight from the heart: Mysterious lipids may predict cardiac problems better than cholesterol 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately, that system has failed many awaiting organ transplant due to lack of oversight and accountability.” U.S. Organ Transplant System, Troubled by Long Wait Times, Faces an Overhaul 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Americans commonly look to other countries for dental care, surgeries, fertility treatments, organ transplants and cancer care, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mexico kidnappings put a spotlight on medical tourism 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z They include people who've had organ transplants or who have blood cancer, and those undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer. Covid booster jab to be offered this spring 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z For years, we raised the alarm about the nation’s fundamentally unfair organ transplant system, its contractor and the inherent bias of the most recent liver transplant rule. Opinion | Fixing the organ transplant system is essential 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The resulting antibiotic resistance has become a global public health crisis, a shadow pandemic, threatening the effectiveness of human medicine in areas such as joint replacements, Caesarean sections, organ transplants, chemotherapy, dialysis and more. Opinion | Congress should not wait around for the end of the antibiotic era 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z More than 100,000 people in the United States are awaiting organ transplants in a system that has long been defined by an imbalance between supply and demand. U.S. Organ Transplant System, Troubled by Long Wait Times, Faces an Overhaul 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z His nephrologist told him that a bout of covid could push him into permanent kidney failure, which would necessitate a lifetime of dialysis unless he could receive an organ transplant. Opinion | The Checkup With Dr. Wen: We need to do more to assist the immunocompromised 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Black patients wait up to six months longer for an organ transplant than the general population, new NHS data shows. Organ transplants: Black people wait up to six months longer, NHS figures show 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Getting the organ transplant and donation system right is a matter of life and death. Opinion | Fixing the organ transplant system is essential 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z And if that novel “liver assist” works, it would be a critical step toward eventually attempting a bioengineered organ transplant - probably a kidney. Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z And if that novel “liver assist” works, it would be a critical step toward eventually attempting a bioengineered organ transplant — probably a kidney. Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Numerous medical advances exist because they were initially studied in animals — from treatments for cancer and neurodegenerative disease to new techniques for surgery, organ transplants and noninvasive imaging and diagnostics. What is ethical animal research? A scientist and veterinarian explain 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z But there are similar disparities in waiting times for other organ transplants. Organ transplants: Black people wait up to six months longer, NHS figures show 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Pregnancy is accompanied by some immune changes, she said, but they don’t compromise the ability to fend off infections, as an organ transplant or certain medical conditions might. A Plea From Experts to Pregnant Women: Get Vaccinated Against Covid 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Over 105,000 people are on the national waiting list for an organ transplant, and 17 die each day. Organ Donations Rise Around Motorcycle Rallies 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z More than 105,000 people are on the U.S. waiting list for an organ transplant. Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Moreover, one of the most effective alternative treatments remaining, Paxlovid, has interactions with other drugs that would make it too risky for use by people with compromised immune systems, especially organ transplant patients. Coronavirus variants are dodging antibody treatments. New lab-made options may help. 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Sarah Hutchinson - who has Alport Syndrome, a disease which affects the kidney function - has been waiting on the organ transplant list for four years. Organ transplants: Black people wait up to six months longer, NHS figures show 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Those who have had organ transplants, for example, take medications that dampen their body’s immune response to avoid rejection of the new organ. RSV Is Surging: What We Know about This Common and Surprisingly Dangerous Virus 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z If it drives hospitalizations, it will ensnare patients being treated for immune-compromising conditions such as HIV, cancer and organ transplants. Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us? 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z While humans can't easily spread the parasite to each other, it can spread through cat feces, contaminated food and organ transplants. How a zombifying cat parasite called Toxoplasma gondii conquered the globe 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Two people were undergoing chemotherapy; three had had organ transplants. Monkeypox can be far more devastating for patients with weak immune systems 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Two of the patients, one of whom had H.I.V., were being treated for cancer; three were solid organ transplant recipients; and three were pregnant. Most Hospitalized Monkeypox Patients in the U.S. Were H.I.V.-Positive 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Regardless, there still isn't much evidence that using cannabis will negatively impact an organ transplant, especially compared to something like alcohol use. Cannabis users are often denied liver transplants. Scientists looked into whether that had merit 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z They also included organ transplants, heart bypasses and aneurysms. U.S. ignored urgent surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Spain is a global leader in organ transplants, with over 102 of them per million inhabitants performed in 2021, a rate only surpassed by the United States, according to Spanish health ministry data. Spanish baby gets pioneering intestine transplant 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z They represent nearly 60% of the national organ transplant waiting list yet as a whole have much lower rates of transplantation. Communities of color need facts on organ donation, transplants 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Uganda's parliament is scrutinising a proposed law that would enable organ transplants to happen in the country for the first time, transforming the lives of thousands hoping for operations. Uganda's transplant revolution brings hope to thousands 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Regardless, there still isn't much evidence that using cannabis will negatively impact an organ transplant, especially compared to something like alcohol use. Cannabis users are often denied liver transplants. Scientists looked into whether that had merit 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z The situation is slightly different if you are immunocompromised—for instance, if you have a weakened immune system because of a current cancer treatment or an organ transplant. Your Questions about the New COVID Booster Shots, Answered 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z They settled in Baltimore, where Albert Lewitinn was hired by Johns Hopkins University to work on organ transplant technology. Marc Lewitinn, 76, Covid Patient, Dies After 850 Days on a Ventilator 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Barriers to health care remain prevalent in communities of color, which can prevent them from being added to the organ transplant waiting list. Communities of color need facts on organ donation, transplants 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Uganda would be joining a short list of African countries, including South Africa, Tunisia and Kenya, that have both the regulations and health facilities for organ transplants to be possible within their borders. Uganda's transplant revolution brings hope to thousands 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z While not exactly harmless, these stereotypes don't come with the same level of mortal risks that people needing organ transplants face. Cannabis users are often denied liver transplants. Scientists looked into whether that had merit 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z The U.S. counted its millionth organ transplant on Friday, a milestone that comes at a critical time for Americans still desperately waiting for that chance at survival. US counts millionth organ transplant while pushing for more 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z For the past decade, Precious McCowan’s life has revolved around organ transplants. Organ transplants are up, but the agency in charge is under fire 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The drug cyclosporine is used to suppress immune rejection of organ transplants by inhibiting production of interleukin, a cytokine messenger that increases expression in T cells. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z In 2022, a person dies almost every hour while waiting for an organ transplant. Perspective | Technology promises to change the meaning of death — at least for some 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z There is generally no consensus from medical experts on cannabis use and organ transplants, but at least eight states have passed laws making it illegal to deny a transplant solely based on cannabis use. Cannabis users are often denied liver transplants. Scientists looked into whether that had merit 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z In the U.S., most organ transplants are done after such a determination. Anne Heche removed from life support, dies of crash injuries 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z In the U.S., most organ transplants are done after the donor has been declared brain-dead. Anne Heche remains on life support for donor evaluation 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Antibodies are made in response to the antigens or proteins associated with invasive pathogens, or in response to foreign cells, such as might occur with an organ transplant. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z They include people with blood cancer, and organ transplant patients. Covid: Evusheld antibody protection ruled out for most vulnerable 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z “You should not be allowed anywhere near the organ transplant system in this country.” Senators slam transplant agency in contentious hearing 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Failures in organ transplant technology: The system that coordinates organ transplants in the U.S. relies on outdated tech that crashes for hours at a time and threatens patient care, The Washington Post reported. The Books Merger That’s About Amazon 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The nonprofit that runs the organ transplant network in the United States has out-of-date technology and has never been fully audited by the federal government, according to a confidential report obtained by The Washington Post. The US organ transplant network is built on shaky technology, reports say 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z During the pandemic many operations were delayed, with organ transplants, especially kidney, the hardest hit area. 'I look at her and know she's growing because of me' 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z It threatens the effectiveness of medicines that are vital for surgery, chemotherapy, organ transplants and other procedures. Opinion | Superbugs are rising again. Hospitals must regain the edge. 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Such animal organ transplants are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Pig heart recipient died of heart failure, study finds 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z For these companies, abortion is being treated like an organ transplant. Disney says it will cover employee travel costs for abortions 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The benefit was announced in a memo sent to employee June 1 and was part of an overall expansion of healthcare travel benefits, which were previously available only for certain services such as organ transplants. Companies vow to help employees access abortion after Roe vs. Wade is overturned 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z “The leader of China’s transplant sector wrote in 2007 that effectively 95% of all organ transplants were from prisoners,” they said. Northcom: Threats to U.S. homeland surging 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Prof Kay said the operation had been a "huge team effort" and a hand transplant was "very different from a kidney or other organ transplant". 'A double hand transplant? That's space-age stuff'' 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z On average, 17 people die each day while waiting for an organ transplant. Nearly 106,000 U.S. residents are waiting for a lifesaving transplant 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The collaboration follows a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report, “Realizing the Promise of Equity in the Organ Transplantation System,” that found significant disparities in the nation’s organ transplant system. HBCU medical schools to tackle organ transplant disparities 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Pinterest, the social media company in San Francisco, said it had already reimbursed the travel expenses of employees and their dependents for certain care including organ transplants. Companies vow to help employees access abortion after Roe vs. Wade is overturned 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Based on official Chinese government statements, almost all the organ transplants in the medical papers were from Chinese prisoners, either death-row inmates or political prisoners, the authors said. Northcom: Threats to U.S. homeland surging 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z And anyone who has had a solid organ transplant needs more protection to compensate for the powerful medications they take to prevent rejection. CDC's top COVID doctor explains how travelers can reduce risk in a mask-optional world 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z All had weakened immune systems from organ transplants, HIV, cancer or treatment for other illnesses. UK patient had COVID-19 for 505 days straight, study shows 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Concerns about equitable access to organ transplants have existed for decades in America. HBCU medical schools to tackle organ transplant disparities 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The next-highest risk — 80 percent greater — was among organ transplant recipients. Pregnant people at much higher risk of breakthrough covid, study shows 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z So can severely immune-compromised patients, such as organ transplant recipients, as young as 12. Who really needs a second COVID booster? Here’s what to know 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z This group includes people who are receiving cancer treatments and those who have received certain organ transplants. Reducing Covid’s Toll 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z For example, when researchers measured mortality of fully vaccinated solid organ transplant recipients, they found that, of those who suffered breakthrough infections, nearly one in 10 died. To prevent future variants, we must protect those most at risk 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z According to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health, Black Americans make up the largest group among people of color in the United States who are in need of organ transplants. HBCU medical schools to tackle organ transplant disparities 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Even with more routine and well-matched human organ transplants, rejection can happen years after the operation. Patient who received pig heart transplant dies 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z But Turek says if it works, it could be attempted with other organ transplants, not just the heart. Baby gets heart transplant with a twist to fight rejection 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Among the immunocompromised are people who have gotten organ transplants, who take medicine to suppress their immune systems. This treatment can protect vulnerable people from COVID. They might not know about it 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Those who are immunocompromised include people with medical conditions that weaken their immune response, as well as people taking immune-suppressing drugs because of cancer, organ transplants or autoimmune diseases. For many immunosuppressed, churches stopped being a safe place 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a strict definition of who is considered moderately or severely immunocompromised, such as cancer patients undergoing active treatment and organ transplant recipients. Covid still threatens millions of Americans. Why are we so eager to move on? 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Advocates of the technique imagine a steady supply of animal organs could help treat the thousands of people on waitlists for organ transplants. Patient who received pig heart transplant dies 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z This population includes organ transplant and cancer patients, as well as people with autoimmune diseases requiring medication to tamp down their immune systems. Americans are tired of the pandemic. But disease experts preach caution — and endure a ‘kill the messenger’ moment. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z What’s at stake is the effectiveness of antibiotics, essential for surgery, chemotherapy, organ transplants and other medical procedures. Opinion | The shadow pandemic: Antibiotic resistance is growing 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z She said patients who are denied organ transplants still have the right to go elsewhere, though individual hospitals ultimately decide which patients to add to the national waitlist. Hospital patient without COVID shot denied heart transplant 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The hospital added that most of the 100,000 people on waitlists for organ transplants will not receive an organ within five years because of the shortage of available organs. Unvaccinated man denied heart transplant by Boston hospital 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z She takes mycophenolate mofetil, an immunosuppressant drug often prescribed for organ transplant recipients, and has taken the steroid prednisone in the past. How Immunocompromised People without Strong Vaccine Protection Are Coping with COVID 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z The fact that this study has been published in a peer-reviewed journal, she said, has “given organ transplant community more details about what happened” that will be important in the future. Researchers implant genetically altered pig kidneys into a brain-dead man 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z It’s an exciting time to be an organ transplant physician. Pig Kidneys Transplanted to Human in Milestone Experiment 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Drugs taken by organ transplant patients to suppress the immune system are sometimes prescribed. ‘I’m going blind. Somebody’s got to help me.’ 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z More than 106,000 Americans are on the national waiting list for an organ transplant, and 17 people die each day never receiving the organ they need. The ethics of a second chance: Pig heart transplant recipient stabbed a man seven times years ago 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z People who start with a weakened immune system, including cancer and organ transplant patients, have a subtly different problem as their bodies do not respond as well to vaccines. Covid vaccine ‘waning immunity’: How worried should I be? 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Standard immunosuppressants used in human-to-human organ transplants aren’t effective if the immune system makes lots of antibodies against the organ, as surgeons feared would be the case with the pig heart. Here’s how scientists pulled off the first pig-to-human heart transplant 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, which oversees a network for organ transplants in the United States, there were more than 3,800 heart transplants in the country last year—a record number. Surgeons Transplant Pig’s Heart into Dying Human Patient in a First 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z That crisis means that 17 people a day in the US die waiting for an organ transplant, with more than 100,000 on the waiting list, according to OrganDonor.gov. Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Those getting the pills include patients on certain types of chemotherapy and those who recently received organ transplants. Lifesaving COVID treatments face rationing as virus surges again in U.S. 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Rogers’s patients, many of whom have received organ transplants and take medications to suppress their immune systems, have a much higher risk of developing severe covid-19 that could result in hospitalization or death. Doctors bemoan limited supply of game-changing antiviral pills amid winter surge 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Neblett believes his gamble served the greater good — he is enrolled in a Johns Hopkins Hospital study on organ transplant patients’ responses to the vaccine. Some people are getting fourth, fifth COVID vaccine shots 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are currently awaiting for an organ transplant, and over 6,000 people die each year before getting one, according to the federal government’s organdonor.gov website. Surgeons Transplant Pig’s Heart into Dying Human Patient in a First 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z They are being given to people who are at high risk from Covid, including cancer patients and people who have had an organ transplant. Omicron: Good news, bad news and what it all means 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Her husband is clinically vulnerable and waiting for an organ transplant, so they split the family home in half and kept their distance for months. 'The unvaccinated ask for jabs, but by then it's too late' 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z People who could benefit from the antibody drug include cancer patients, organ transplant recipients and people taking immune-suppressing drugs for conditions like rheumatoid arthritis. US OKs new COVID-19 antibody drug for high-risk patients 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z As with many organ transplants, the recipient must take immunosuppressive medications to help the body accept the new organ, which can cause diabetes or renal damage in the long-term. More women are giving birth after uterus transplants — and experts say they could even be put in men 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z And Mr. Butler got a job as an organ transplant nurse in nearby Halifax, Nova Scotia’s capital. Urbanites Flock to Atlantic Canada as Pandemic Blunts Cities’ Appeal 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z People who start with a weakened immune system, including cancer and organ transplant patients, have a subtly different problem as their body's do not respond as well to vaccines. Covid vaccine ‘waning immunity’: How worried should I be? 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Those most affected have conditions such as Down syndrome, heart or lung ailments, organ transplants and weakened immune systems. Texas schools can require masks after federal judge overturns Abbott’s ban 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z She takes mycophenolate mofetil, an immunosuppressant drug often prescribed for organ transplant recipients and has taken the steroid prednisone in the past. How Immunocompromised People Without Strong Vaccine Protection Are Coping with COVID 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Truveta also found that people who have high-risk conditions such as cancer, organ transplants or HIV are twice as likely to end up hospitalized if they suffer a breakthrough infection. Johnson & Johnson breakthrough cases had a higher hospitalization rate compared with other COVID vaccines, Redmond startup finds 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Now, however, the country’s major organ transplant organizations have taken varying approaches. She Died With Long Covid. Should Her Organs Have Been Donated? 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z And it may help to protect people who don’t respond well to the vaccine, such as organ transplant recipients, cancer patients and others with impaired immune responses. C.D.C. Recommends Covid Vaccine for Younger Children 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Researchers such as University of Miami xenotransplantation scientist Christopher Burlak await the day when larger organ transplants from pigs—kidneys, livers, or hearts—help saves lives. Skin, nerve transplants from genetically modified pigs could help humans, but organs are a way off 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z About 3% of people nationwide have compromised immune systems, including those who are receiving cancer treatments, are organ transplant patients or have advanced HIV infection. Which COVID-19 vaccine booster shot should I get? Here's how to choose 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z With hospitals in Colorado denying unvaccinated patients organ transplants, more people are looking to Texas in the hopes of obtaining the potentially life-saving procedure. Texas welcomes patients denied lifesaving organ transplants in Colorado because of COVID vaccination status 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z CRS isn’t specific to CAR T therapy: Researchers first observed it in the 1990s as a side effect of antibody therapies used in organ transplants. Four Success Stories in Gene Therapy 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Those officers include an organ transplant recipient who cannot get the vaccine due to an anti-rejection medication, as well as a pregnant female officer who has a "contraindication" to the vaccine. Seattle police union blasts ‘gross mismanagement’ after vaccine mandate deadline: 'public safety crisis' 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z UW Medicine now requires patients who need organ transplants to be fully vaccinated, unless they have a medical exemption. What to know about Monday’s COVID vaccine deadline in Washington state 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Two of the Cleveland area’s largest hospital systems, the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, require patients be vaccinated against the virus ahead of an organ transplant, WJW previously reported. Ohio woman with stage 4 liver disease denied lifesaving transplant surgery over vax requirement 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z UCHealth said patients who have undergone an organ transplant procedure require a lifetime of specialized management to ensure the organ is not rejected – which, in extreme cases, can lead to death. Texas welcomes patients denied lifesaving organ transplants in Colorado because of COVID vaccination status 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z She died Tuesday after her heart, liver, lungs and two kidneys were harvested for donation to five people who needed organ transplants, according to a statement from her family’s lawyers. Shooting of Mona Rodriguez by school safety officer now a homicide investigation, police say 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z At the same time, a health clinic in Colorado opted to deny organ transplants, under most circumstances, to patients who have not received the coronavirus vaccine. Live: Coronavirus daily news updates, October 7: What to know today about COVID-19 in the Seattle area, Washington state and the world 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z UW Medicine’s policy follows that of other health providers who are denying organ transplants to people who are unvaccinated. Washington state’s UW Medicine says it will drop unvaccinated patients from waitlist for organ transplant 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Rodriguez’s heart, liver, lungs and two kidneys were donated to five people who needed organ transplants, the statement said. Woman shot by Long Beach school safety officer dies after being taken off life support 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z "Physicians must consider the short- and long-term health risks for patients as they consider whether to recommend an organ transplant," UCHealth said. Texas welcomes patients denied lifesaving organ transplants in Colorado because of COVID vaccination status 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z “Physicians must consider the short- and long-term health risks for patients as they consider whether to recommend an organ transplant.” Hospital system says it will deny transplants to the unvaccinated in ‘almost all situations’ 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Health officials cited studies showing that organ transplant patients who are unvaccinated are much more likely to die from COVID-19. Live: Coronavirus daily news updates, October 7: What to know today about COVID-19 in the Seattle area, Washington state and the world 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z There are rare cases where WNV is spread through blood transfusions, organ transplants, or from a mother to a baby, according to Maricopa County Environmental Services. Arizona county sees swarm of West Nile positive mosquitoes 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation advised that individuals such as those undergoing chemotherapy, HIV patients or people who have received an organ transplant, should get a third dose as soon as possible. Covid: Delay of third jabs for most vulnerable criticised 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z "Here in Texas, vaccines remain voluntary and never forced. Anyone being denied critical, live-saving organ transplants is welcome here in Texas, where one’s rights and freedoms are always protected." Texas welcomes patients denied lifesaving organ transplants in Colorado because of COVID vaccination status 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Federal health officials have already authorized a third shot of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for people with weakened immune systems, such as cancer patients and organ transplant recipients. Pfizer booster now available to older Americans and those at higher-risk, including on the job, as CDC chief partly overrules panel 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Third doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are already approved for certain people with weakened immune systems such as organ transplant recipients and cancer patients. CDC panel backs COVID-19 boosters for seniors, those with underlying conditions 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z There are currently about 115 people waiting for an organ transplant in Northern Ireland. Organ donation: NI Assembly to debate opt-out system for NI 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Former University of Chicago surgeon Yolanda T. Becker resigned Wednesday from a panel that is examining ways to improve the U.S. organ transplant system. Former surgeon resigns from National Academies panel on transplant reform 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z In end-stage kidney disease, dialysis or an organ transplant may become necessary. Another hidden COVID-19 risk: lingering kidney problems 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The only other option for treatment is an organ transplant. ‘My time to live’: Novel program gives Seattle-area kidney patients palliative care and dialysis until the end 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The government now recommends a third shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines for organ transplant recipients and others in this group. Do I need a booster if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Nearly 114,000 Americans are currently waiting for an organ transplant, and nearly 22,000 live in California, according to Donate Life California, a nonprofit that manages an organ, eye and tissue donor registry. A truck hit a horse and teenage rider. Her family now hopes her life saves others 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z With about 107,000 people on a wait list for organs, a small number of whom die each day, the U.S. organ transplant system is under considerable scrutiny. Former surgeon resigns from National Academies panel on transplant reform 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The FDA last week authorized a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for people with fragile immune systems, including patients taking immunosuppressive drugs because of organ transplants or those receiving cancer treatment. Fears over rising illness and death from the delta variant fuel Biden administration push for boosters 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z The FDA’s authorization allowed extra doses of the two mRNA vaccines for organ transplant recipients and others with similar levels of immune impairment. CDC backs third vaccine dose for immunocompromised people 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z The F.D.A. on Thursday cleared third doses for people with solid organ transplants and others with similarly weakened immune systems, who face a higher risk of severe bouts of Covid-19. C.D.C. Panel Recommends Third Dose of Covid Vaccine for Immunocompromised 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z The late-night announcement Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration applies to several million Americans who are especially vulnerable because of organ transplants, certain cancers or other disorders. Extra COVID vaccine OK’d for those with weak immune systems 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The announcement by the Food and Drug Administration applies to millions of Americans who are especially vulnerable because of organ transplants, certain cancers or other disorders. Extra COVID vaccine OK’d for those with weak immune systems 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Studies suggest that patients such as organ transplant recipients are in between — often showing little immune response to the standard vaccine regimen, but benefiting from a third shot. FDA to authorize third vaccine dose for people with weak immune systems 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Roughly 3 percent of Americans — or about 10 million people, by some estimates — have compromised immune systems as a result of cancer, organ transplants or other medical conditions, according to the C.D.C. F.D.A. Aims to Give Final Approval to Pfizer Vaccine by Early Next Month 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z One such randomized, placebo-controlled study of more than 100 organ transplant recipients found that patients who received a third shot of Moderna’s vaccine two months after a second dose showed marked increases in antibody levels. C.D.C. Panel Recommends Third Dose of Covid Vaccine for Immunocompromised 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z He suggested that some of the most vulnerable, such as organ transplant and cancer patients, are “likely” to be recommended for booster shots. Fauci says US headed in ‘wrong direction’ on coronavirus 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z The vaccines don’t work as well in people with severely weak immune systems, such as organ transplant recipients. Rare ‘breakthrough’ COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Despite the pandemic affecting the number of organ transplants, Miss Moor gifted her heart, liver and a kidney. Organ donation: Parents proud daughter's death saved three lives 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z U.S. blood centers and hospitals are grappling with a blood supply shortage amid a rising number of trauma cases, organ transplants and surgeries requiring transfusions. U.S. blood centers, hospitals struggle with blood shortage 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Blood transfusions are essential for a number of hospital operations, from organ transplants to surgeries to supporting cancer patients. Washington blood banks, hospitals issue urgent call for donors amid critical shortage 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z It’s not just a concern after organ transplants. Extra COVID vaccine may help protect transplant patients 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat, spoke against Republican efforts to outlaw chimera research on the Senate floor last week and said such efforts undermined the development of new treatments and life-saving organ transplants. Man-monkey hybrid sparks fears of ‘Frankenstein’ creatures 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Imagine fighting cancer to a stalemate or finally getting a desperately needed organ transplant and then contracting COVID-19 because someone didn’t want to wear a mask or was confused about mask guidance. Even as more of us get COVID vaccines, masks can mean life or death for immunocompromised people 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z People with immune systems compromised by cancer treatment, organ transplants and drugs for chronic immune disorders, may not respond well to the shots. People with weakened immune systems may be left behind in COVID-19 vaccine euphoria 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z The situation is worse for people who are immunocompromised, like people who have had organ transplants. Focusing on personal responsibility still isn’t a good way to manage public health 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said Jordy Robertson also continued to raise money through his "It Takes Lives to Save Lives" charity, purportedly to raise awareness about organ transplants for children. 8 years for dad of Saints 'super fan' in charity, drug case 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z Vaccinating children shields others in the community from the virus, she noted, including people who are not protected by the vaccine, such as organ transplant recipients, cancer patients and those with impaired immune responses. FDA Authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for Children 12-15 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Radical surgical procedures like organ transplants became mainstream. How Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z To determine if someone can receive an organ transplant, doctors need to make sure the recipient's immune system won't reject the donor organ. An unorthodox allergy clinic seeks to disrupt medicine 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z One source of complexity: The dozens of different medications taken by people with cancer, autoimmune or other immunologic disease, or an organ transplant. COVID-19 vaccines may protect many, but not all, people with suppressed immune systems 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z Each day 22 Americans die while on the wait list for an organ transplant and every 10 minutes another person is added to the national wait list. Editorial Roundup: Kentucky 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z "Every time a person gets an organ transplant, the result is an intra-species chimera: an organism made up of cells from two members of the same species," Greely noted. The bioethics of the first human-monkey hybrid embryo 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Those waiting for a life-saving organ transplant might be able to get vaccinated first. How well do COVID vaccines protect after organ transplant? 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The comic absurdity continues: She could get a vaccine if, in addition to having cancer, she also needed a solid organ transplant. Opinion | For cancer patients, trying to get a coronavirus vaccine is a dark comedy 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Still, he’s surprised that these organ transplant patients seem to respond even less well to COVID-19 vaccines than to flu vaccines. COVID-19 vaccines may protect many, but not all, people with suppressed immune systems 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z In Kentucky, approximately 1,000 residents are on the organ transplant waiting list. Editorial Roundup: Kentucky 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Ohio added bone marrow transplant patients like Ms. Detwiler to its list last week after initially offering the vaccine only to those who had received a solid organ transplant. How America’s Vaccine System Makes People With Health Problems Fight for a Place in Line 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Among those included are people with certain cancer, heart, lung and kidney conditions, as well as pregnant women, those with Down syndrome, organ transplant recipients and the severely obese. 4-6 million added to California’s vaccine eligibility list 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Each is relatively rare compared to single organ transplants. Tables turned: UW Health cardiologist gets rare transplant 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z But in others—particularly organ transplant recipients and those taking certain immune-dampening medications—effectiveness is less assured or even absent. COVID-19 vaccines may protect many, but not all, people with suppressed immune systems 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z The list of eligible people includes cancer patients in active treatment, sickle cell disease patients, solid organ transplant recipients and diabetic patients. Some who are hospitalized are now eligible for vaccine 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Those told to shield include organ transplant recipients, people with certain cancers and those with severe respiratory conditions such as cystic fibrosis. Covid: Shielding extended for 130,000 people in Wales 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Gift of Life is one of 58 organizations across the United States that was appointed by the federal government to coordinate organ transplants. Amid pandemic, boy gets new heart, new lease on life 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z We also bear witness to the suffering of patients with cancer, with life-threatening infections, with complications from organ transplants. Opinion | I Got Vaccinated. But the Shot Won’t Save My Dying Patients. 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z She also is an organ transplant recipient, leaving her more vulnerable to complications if she contracted the virus. Editorial Roundup: Indiana 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z NHS Blood and Transplant said prior to the law change there was a record high number of black and Asian people receiving an organ transplant. Leela Keshavji: Five organs donated by 'inspiring' mother 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z But she yearns for something less stressful once this is over, maybe helping to arrange organ transplants. 24 hours in the ICU: Fighting for an open bed in coronavirus 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z When two Black parents refuse a potentially life-saving organ transplant for their child, the pediatricians consider reporting them to child protective services for neglect. Teaching Anti-Racism to the Next Generation of Doctors 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Similarly, organ transplant patients are often given immunosuppressants to prevent the body from rejecting the new organ as an invader. Like Trump, I was on monoclonal antibody drugs. This is what they do to you 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z More than 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list, and approximately 17 people die each day waiting to receive an organ transplant, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration. Nevada testing drones to deliver vital organs to transplant patients 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Moving such wetlands, if attempted, would require massive hauling of soil blocks combined with the delicate precision of an organ transplant to retain ecological functioning. Cities hope to build reservoir near Holy Cross Wilderness 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z That includes some children with cancer, waiting for an organ transplant or on dialysis. Quebec requires students to return to class, and the number of families home-schooling jumps 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z “When you look at most organ transplants, there is a shelf life,” Gastman said. A US first, New Hampshire woman gets second face transplant 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z “And they eat, and steroids unfortunately really rev up your appetite. So a lot of people after organ transplant gain weight.” Living, breathing proof 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The Midlothian man had undergone an organ transplant two years earlier, and the immune-suppressing drugs that prevent rejection of his new lungs and liver meant his body couldn’t fight the coronavirus. Early in pandemic, frantic doctors traded tips across oceans 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z For decades, the Chinese Communist Party depended on executed prisoners to bolster its organ transplant trade. Activists push for investigation over claims China is forcibly harvesting organs of Uighur population 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z But when the pandemic hit, organ transplants plummeted at the medical center and across the country. Hospitals struggle to woo patients to reschedule care 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Those who are at high risk include people with chronic kidney disease, chronic inflammatory lung disease, obesity, serious heart conditions, sickle cell disease, Type 2 diabetes, and weakened immune systems because of organ transplants. U.S. officials change virus risk groups, add pregnant women 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The metabolic ingenuity of fungi impacts human lives in a number of ways: bread, alcohol, cheese, soy sauce, penicillin, anticancer drugs, immunosuppressant drugs that enable organ transplants—it’s a long list. A Poetic, Mind-Bending Tour of the Fungal World 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z It said the Palestinian Health Ministry has also stopped covering the cost of treatment in Israeli hospitals, meaning that organ transplant patients are unable to return for post-surgery rehabilitation. PA’s bid to halt annexation leaves Gaza patients in limbo 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, China has repeatedly denied the use of unethical organ transplant practices, maintaining that it stopped using the organs from executed prisoners in 2015. Activists push for investigation over claims China is forcibly harvesting organs of Uighur population 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The program offers voluntary psychiatric treatment and often works with pregnant patients or patients involved in organ transplants. As furloughs for 5,500 UW Medicine workers begin, patients, staff worry about care 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z They included solid organ transplant recipients, cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, pregnant women with heart disease and people with severe respiratory conditions such as cystic fibrosis and severe asthma. Shielders in England to be allowed outdoors again 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z His death follows that of an organ transplant consultant last week, who became the first working NHS surgeon to die after testing positive for the virus. UK coronavirus measures 'making a difference' 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z In these months, for instance, the number of organ transplants fell precipitously. America’s pandemic role reversal 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Our country’s pioneering spirit has also extended to medicine, whether through the creation of lifesaving vaccines, the development of blood transfusions or miraculous breakthroughs in the field of organ transplants. Opinion | I believe in American exceptionalism. That’s what makes this crisis so hard to accept. 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z The drug was cyclosporine, an inexpensive immunosuppressant that had until then been used in organ transplants to prevent the rejection of new tissue. He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Under 100 organ transplants were carried out in the UK last month, the lowest number for 36 years figures show. Coronavirus: Organ transplants 'lowest since 1984' 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Other pre-existing health issues included cancer and suppressed immune systems from organ transplants or immunological conditions. Study Offers Details of U.S. Children Severely Sickened by Coronavirus 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z It’s too soon to know how many people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant may die not from COVID-19 infection but because the pandemic blocked their chance at a new organ. Organ transplants dive amid virus crisis, start to inch back 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Some seven of the patients were organ transplant recipients so they were on immunosuppressive treatment and 10 were on dialysis. Experimental coronavirus treatment leronlimab resulted in 'remarkable recoveries,' developer says 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z When I was six I started collecting newspaper clippings about organ transplants - lung, kidney, heart and so on. 'I prayed to God to make me a girl' 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z While coronavirus patients themselves don’t typically require blood, transfusions are necessary for cases such as trauma, organ transplants, complications of childbirth and more. How to Donate Blood 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z The UK's organ transplant network could be forced to shut down as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, the body that runs the scheme is warning. Organ transplants 'at risk' because of Covid-19 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Last week, an organ transplant consultant died after testing positive for the virus. Coronavirus: UK measures 'making a difference' 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z And last week an organ transplant consultant died after testing positive for the virus. 20,000 former NHS staff return to fight virus - PM 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z These “extremely vulnerable groups” include organ transplant recipients, some cancer patients, people with severe lung conditions, people with weakened immune systems and pregnant women with heart conditions. Meet the ‘shielded’ enduring 12 weeks of isolation 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Roughly 112,500 people in the U.S. are awaiting organ transplants. Florida lawmakers to ban discrimination in organ transplants 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The shortages are also impacting non-cancer patients, including children who underwent organ transplants. 'Cancer does not wait': Children's medicine shortage stokes anger in Mexico 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Most were women and children with advanced cancer and brain tumors; others needed organ transplants or reconstructive surgeries, the organization said. World Digest: Feb. 3, 2020 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Most were women and children with advanced cancer and brain tumors, while others needed organ transplants or reconstructive surgeries, the U.N. said. 1st medical relief flight in 3 years departs Yemen’s capital 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z He’s a surgery scheduler who coordinates organ transplant surgeries at University Hospital in Madison. Organ transplant surgery scheduler donates his own kidney 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z In the meantime, they said, Americans are dying each day as they wait for organ transplants and more action should be taken now. Senate Republicans seek probe of organ transplant system 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z The Trump administration proposed new rules Tuesday to increase organ transplants for the more than 113,000 Americans currently on waiting lists. Trump administration proposes new rules to increase organ transplants 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The BMC Medical Ethics paper argued China’s organ transplant industry was opaque and the sources of organs difficult to trace. Chinese government may have falsified organ donation numbers, study says 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z But these hard-to-treat infections now threaten people undergoing common modern surgeries and therapies, such as knee replacements, organ transplants and cancer treatments. Deadly superbugs pose greater threat than previously estimated 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Patients with organ transplants need a lifelong regimen of medicines to suppress the immune system to prevent rejection. Facing ‘Certain Death,’ Teenager With Vaping Injury Gets Double Lung Transplant 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Jennifer Erickson, a former Obama administration staffer who led efforts to overhaul the organ transplant system, welcomed increased oversight from Congress and the inspector general. Senate Republicans seek probe of organ transplant system 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z According to HHS, almost 8,000 Americans die each year waiting for an organ transplant. Trump administration proposes new rules to increase organ transplants 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Immune globulin helps protect patients from infections, and it is used to treat many medical conditions including seizures, leukemia, autoimmune diseases, organ transplants, acute muscle illnesses and nerve disorders. A severe shortage hits a drug used for cancer, immune disorders, epilepsy, causing canceled treatments and rationing 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z It wasn’t all that long ago that organ transplants were considered such pioneering medical marvels that the surgeries generated headlines in newspapers like this one. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z It is a reminder that every story of a life saved by organ transplant must begin with a heartbreaking moment. What Spain can teach Scotland about organ donation 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z At the suggestion of the industry and advocates of organ transplants, the drafters added a section modeled on a Texas law. How organ and tissue donation companies worked their way into the county morgue 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z The proposed rules build on President Trump’s executive order in July to improve care for kidney disease, which includes increasing access to organ transplants. Trump administration proposes new rules to increase organ transplants 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z That’s the way it goes with organ transplants — they are dependent on speed and timing, but also on factors you cannot control. A terrible crime, a patient waiting for a transplant: The tragic, redemptive journey of one heart. 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Bergeson said her daughter passed “comfortably and quickly,” which allowed doctors to perform a circulatory death organ transplant. Idaho girl, 9, dies after freak accident, organs are donated to 5 people, family says 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Those vestiges of ancient infections theoretically could harm humans who receive pig organ transplants, although other researchers downplay the risk. China’s CRISPR push in animals promises better meat, novel therapies, and pig organs for people 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z In a press conference in Geneva, Bachelet mentioned meeting two mothers in Caracas whose children needed organ transplants, which were normally sponsored by the state oil company P.D.V.S.A. Michelle Bachelet, Nicolás Maduro, and the U.N. Report on Human Rights in Venezuela 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z What Thomas had achieved with Lowry was akin to a regular organ transplant. The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Young, healthy people are most likely to do life-threatening things late at night on Fridays and Saturdays, so organ transplants often occur at 1 or 2 a.m. on Sundays and Mondays. A terrible crime, a patient waiting for a transplant: The tragic, redemptive journey of one heart. 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The Trump administration’s latest proposal to reduce the cost of treating kidney disease by encouraging earlier, more convenient interventions and to improve the organ transplant process is extraordinary. Opinion | The Trump administration is actually doing something great on health care 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z When he can’t find a proper home placement, he lives in the hospital where he’s not permitted to leave to attend school or remain on the waiting list for an organ transplant. Colorado teacher provides home to help foster child, 13, get kidney transplant 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z In the United States, nearly 95,000 people currently are on the kidney waiting list, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, the nation’s organ transplant system. They shared cubicles at Disney but weren’t close friends. Then one tried to save the other’s life 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Thomas, who saw bone-marrow transplantation as a procedure or a protocol, akin to other organ transplants, would never have described it as a drug. The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z “Without my organ transplant,” she said, “I probably wouldn’t be here.” Transplant recipient and Miss Vermont share long friendship 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The administration is also proposing ways to reduce the national shortage of organ transplants, including making the organ procurement process more efficient and reducing the number of organs that are discarded. Opinion | The Trump administration is actually doing something great on health care 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z It is not only the wealthy who deserve organ transplants. We Need to Make Organ Transplantation Easier 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Moreover, a computer program is responsible for matching potential donors with organ transplant candidates. 2 Texas siblings undergo kidney transplants, same donor 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Every day an average of 18 people die waiting for an organ transplant in the United States. Can 3-D Printing Produce Lung and Liver Tissue for Transplants? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z United Network is a nonprofit that manages the U.S. organ transplant system. Hospitals sue over new federal liver transplant policy 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Dr. Quake is an entrepreneur whose inventions include blood tests to detect Down syndrome in pregnancy and to avoid organ transplant rejection. Gene-Edited Babies: What a Chinese Scientist Told an American Mentor 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Right now, 75,000 people in the US are awaiting an organ transplant, and about 20 die every day because they couldn’t get one. Do animals hold the key to the global organ shortage? 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Access to organ transplants is a broken system in the United States — and everyone involved knows it. Opinion | The U.S. organ transplant system is broken. But the latest fix will make it worse. 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z But if, as often happens, the patient gets an organ transplant with private insurance and later enrolls in Medicare, she may be in for a shock. Transplant Patients Need Anti-Rejection Drugs. Why Won’t Insurers Pay for Some of Them? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Dr. Christine Durand, another Johns Hopkins surgeon involved in the organ transplant, encouraged those living with HIV to sign their organ donor cards and contact their local transplant center if they’re interested in living donation. World's First HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplant With Living Donor Performed Successfully 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z A world without antibiotics means returning to a time without organ transplants, without hip replacements, without many now-routine surgeries. The drugs don’t work: what happens after antibiotics? 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z As this editorial is being written, there are nearly 115,000 people in this country who are waiting for an organ transplant. Kentucky editorial roundup 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z After the Harvard committee issued its report, the number of transplanted organs drastically increased, and thousands of patients waiting on organ transplant lists were saved. Opinion | What Is Death? 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z For those who are on Medicare at the time of an organ transplant, anti-rejection drugs are covered by the federal program for the rest of their lives. Transplant Patients Need Anti-Rejection Drugs. Why Won’t Insurers Pay for Some of Them? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z People living with HIV have faced challenges participating in organ transplants as recipients and donors. World's First HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplant With Living Donor Performed Successfully 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Namely, that many English-language academic journals do not follow international ethics rules over donor consent for organ transplants. 'Barbaric': Human organs harvested from Chinese prisoners prompts outrage, call for retraction of 400 scientific papers 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Scarcity is another problem: Across the United States, some 114,000 patients need a transplant, with only about 36,500 organ transplants performed last year. Bill would aid marijuana users who need organ transplants 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Before the discovery of anti-rejection drugs, organ transplants were simply impossible. Scientists Are Teaching the Body to Accept New Organs 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Doctors say they learned by experience that many of the same drugs approved for some organ transplants also are effective in patients with other organ transplants. Transplant Patients Need Anti-Rejection Drugs. Why Won’t Insurers Pay for Some of Them? 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z This federal law allowed organ transplants between people with HIV in clinical trials. World's First HIV-To-HIV Kidney Transplant With Living Donor Performed Successfully 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z A three-week-old baby in desperate need of an organ transplant may only have hours left to find a new heart, his parents have said. Baby 'has hours to find new heart' 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Being able to treat patients who receive organ transplants from hepatitis C-positive donors means more options will exist for people who are struggling to find a match for an organ transplant. Anacortes man cured of hepatitis C after receiving a heart from a donor with the disease 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z What about patients who already had an organ transplant? Scientists Are Teaching the Body to Accept New Organs 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z McPharlin has reportedly faced the prospect of organ transplant surgery her entire life. Historic triple transplant forges forever bond between two recipients 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Poor screening led many to contract the disease through tainted blood and organ transplants into the early 1990s. Medicaid patients in Puerto Rico don’t get coverage for drugs to cure Hepatitis C 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z The hospital also performed five other organ transplants during that time period. New hearts forge new friendship for transplant recipients 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z He knew the frightening statistic: about 20 people die every day in the U.S. while waiting for an organ transplant. Transplant links Baltimore homicide victim to Western Maryland retiree 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z William Chapman, director of abdominal organ transplant at Washington University in St. Louis, said about one in 10 of his patients reject such organs. How chronic shortages of transplant organs could be fixed 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The Dec. 15 Politics & the Nation article “Misplaced heart offers window into nation’s organ transplant system” did not address the main problem: consent to donate an organ. Opinion | An opt-out program would help fix the organ transplant system 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z About 90 percent of organ transplants in India are living donor organ transplants, where a kidney or a part of the liver is taken from a consenting living donor and grafted inside the recipient’s body. Opinion | My Father Needed a Liver. Did It Have to Be From Me? 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z But requiring proof of payment for organ transplants and postoperative care is common, transplant experts say. Need a transplant? You’ll need to prove you can pay costs 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Blair took a survey through the hospital’s organ transplant website and then a series of follow-up tests. Florida firefighter donates kidney to help save stranger 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z More than 5,000 people are currently waiting for an organ transplant and ministers estimate that the change in the law would save up to 700 lives each year. Organ donation plan gets through Commons 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, about 114,575 people in the United States are waiting for an organ transplant. Albany teen seeks second liver transplant 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z In the United States, which performs the highest number of living donor organ transplants in the world, women were 62 percent of kidney donors between 2008 and 2017 and 53 percent of liver donors. Opinion | My Father Needed a Liver. Did It Have to Be From Me? 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Bioprinting human tissue using specialised 3D printers promises to transform medicine, with implications for organ transplants, cancer treatment and antibiotic development. 'A new bladder made from my own cells gave me a normal life' 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Thousands of people die each year waiting for an organ transplant. Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z New antiviral drugs that promise a cure for the millions of Americans with chronic hepatitis are also benefiting another category of patients: those awaiting organ transplants. Organs infected with hepatitis C can now be transplanted 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The final reason is to facilitate organ transplants. When death is not the end 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z And women represent a small proportion of organ transplant recipients in India. Opinion | My Father Needed a Liver. Did It Have to Be From Me? 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z She is one of around 8,500 New Yorkers with organ failure who are currently awaiting the only treatment that can meaningfully change their lives — an organ transplant. New York Has World-Class Hospitals. Why Is It So Bad for People in Need of Transplants? 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z An investigation found that doctors, medical workers and intermediaries were involved in multiple incidents of illicit organ transplants and harvesting of human organs. Egypt court sentences 37 over illicit human organ trade 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Most other cases of cancer transmission between humans involve organ transplants containing malignancies or mother-to-fetus transmission. Ancient Dog DNA Reveals Close Relationship with Contagious Cancer 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Health care providers will be exempt from liability in performing organ transplants, as long as they act in good faith. Kansas teen pushes for fewer organ donation restrictions 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The Department of Health and Human Services says 20 people die each day awaiting an organ transplant. Organ-donor advocate dies waiting for kidney 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z About 20 Americans die every day awaiting organ transplants. Scientist gets $9M to further animal-human organ research 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Doctors told his parents he would not recover and that he matched with five children who needed organ transplants. US boy awakes before doctors pull plug 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z She collaborates with her husband - a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital - to build research operations models that will improve access to organ transplants. Naval Academy professor teaches by doing in both dance, math 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z A rise in organ transplants is linked to a similar rise in drug overdose deaths across the nation, The Post's Cleve R. Wootson Jr. reports. Analysis | The Health 202: Health industry giants get tax windfall. But it's unclear how it will be used. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Nearly 115,000 people are on the waiting list for an organ transplant in the United States alone, and last year there were just 34,770 transplants performed. Warming, not cooling, donated livers may improve transplants 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Scientists said the study could help to reduce the significant proportion of people who die waiting for a new liver and potentially "transform" how organ transplants are carried out. Warming livers 'boosts transplant success' 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Doctors say, as with other organ transplants, it’s not unexpected that some face transplants need to be replaced. Man with 3 faces: Frenchman gets 2nd face transplant 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z “I think we all love the story of a billboard or a T-shirt or a bumper sticker that results in a lifesaving organ transplant,” Cameron said. Patients awaiting organ transplants start their own searches 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Texas has special reason to pay attention, and not only because our city is home to a medical center renowned for pioneering work in organ transplants. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z About 4,700 people are on the waiting list and about 300 people die annually waiting for organ transplants. Illinois teens registering as organ donors under new law 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Prof Friend said he thought the technology could potentially transform how organ transplants are carried out. Warming livers 'boosts transplant success' 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Executive Director Christopher Carroll says more donors are needed, with roughly 115,000 people on the national organ transplant waiting list. 10 million Floridians sign up to donate organs 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z It’s open to living donors, organ transplant recipients and bone marrow, corneal and tissue transplant recipients. 2020 Donate Life Transplant Games coming to New Jersey 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Every hour, six people in the United States are added to the national waiting list for organ transplants—and each day, 22 people on the list die waiting. Sheep-Human Hybrids Made in Lab—Get the Facts 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Ross added that if it does become possible to grow human organs inside other species, it might be that organ transplants become a possibility beyond critical conditions. Breakthrough as scientists grow sheep embryos containing human cells 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Walmart contracted with groups like the Cleveland Clinic, Mayo and Geisinger, among others, to take care of employees who need organ transplants and heart and spine care. Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Team Up to Try to Disrupt Health Care 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Around 6,500 people in the UK are currently waiting for an organ transplant. Organ donation campaigner, 18, honoured 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z In an effort to fix a system that some health care experts say is deeply flawed, the nonprofit organization that manages the nation’s organ transplant system recently voted to revise how donated livers are distributed. Greater Access to Donated Livers Promised to Transplant Patients 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Stem-cell experts lauded the human-pig study, but they noted that the pig embryos' counts of human cells—about one in a hundred thousand—were too low for successful organ transplants. Sheep-Human Hybrids Made in Lab—Get the Facts 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z The illness can be spread through contaminated food, blood transfusions and organ transplants, and to children at birth, according to the report. Guinea worm, river blindness and elephantiasis are among the world's neglected tropical diseases. A battle is on to wipe them out 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Doctors have few tools to combat this fibrosis, other than an organ transplant. Pushing cells to self-destruct combats deadly fibrosis 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z About 6,500 people in the UK are waiting for an organ transplant. Should organ donor rules be changed? 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The Mayo Clinic offered Rivera three dates for the organ transplant, and he picked the soonest one. Liver donor comes from Puerto Rico to St. Cloud 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z “Afghans in Iran are legally unable to receive organ transplants or blood transfusions and yet, fight in the Syrian war for Iran.” United by blood: Afghan artists come together for Iran exhibition 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Hearts and organ transplants require this same restoration of blood flow, and carbon monoxide may reduce the risk of damage. Killer gas aids elephant seals’ deep dives 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z And federal officials told Reuters that the organ transplant law does not apply to the kind of body parts Science Care sells. Special Report: U.S. company makes a fortune selling bodies donated to science 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z “This isn’t reinventing the wheel,” said Christina Strong, a New Jersey lawyer who co-wrote a set of standards that most states largely adopted for the organ transplant industry. Special Report: In the market for human bodies, almost anyone can sell the dead 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Only about 5 percent of people taking the drug after an organ transplant contract the form of lymphoma, Mills said. Family walk the walk after cancer battle, Seahawks visit 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z The plants produce treatments for cancer and HIV, as well as immunosuppressants for patients with organ transplants. Hospitals scramble to avert saline shortage in wake of Puerto Rico disaster 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z The facilities produce treatments for cancer, high cholesterol and HIV, as well as immunosuppressants for patients with organ transplants. FDA, industry step up efforts to avert drug shortages after Puerto Rico hurricane 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z And federal officials told Reuters that the organ transplant law does not apply to the kind of body parts Science Care sells. Special Report: U.S. company makes a fortune selling bodies donated to science 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z “This isn’t reinventing the wheel,” said Christina Strong, a New Jersey lawyer who co-wrote a set of standards that most states largely adopted for the organ transplant industry. Special Report: In the market for human bodies, almost anyone can sell the dead 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Refaai argues that because blood is essentially a 'liquid' organ, a transfusion is equivalent to an organ transplant, with its attendant risks. Transfusion: Too much of a good thing : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z In total, China performed 13,238 organ transplant operations, mostly of kidneys and livers, but a few hundred hearts and lungs, too. China used to harvest organs from prisoners. Under pressure, that practice is finally ending. 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Adults and children with disabilities in need of organ transplants should be afforded greater legal protections. Opinion | My son has autism. Discrimination almost cost him his life. 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z People who need an organ transplant who are a high risk for hepatitis B, for example, may benefit from a liver engineered to be resistant to the disease. Why People May Have Pig Organs Inside Them One Day 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z About 20 people die each day in the United States while awaiting an organ transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Scientists create safer pig organs with goal of transplants for humans 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z More than 100,000 people need an organ transplant in the US. GM pigs take step to being organ donors - BBC News 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The symbolic focal point of China’s organ transplant industry is the Oriental Organ Transplant Center, a gleaming 14-story building in the northeastern city of Tianjin that is the largest of its kind in Asia. China used to harvest organs from prisoners. Under pressure, that practice is finally ending. 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Though the science is still early, it's a big step forward in the quest to use pig organs to help the hundreds of thousands of people every year who await organ transplants. Scientists are Closer To Using Pig Organs For Transplants 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z However, he says, the researchers plan to test whether the disease spreads through the routes followed by traditional prions, such as blood transfusions or organ transplants. Could diabetes spread like mad cow disease? 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z About 20 people die each day in the United States while awaiting an organ transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Scientists create safer pig organs with goal of transplants for humans 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The U.S. currently leads the world in organ transplants, with about 28,000 people receiving them each year. AP Interview: China to lead in organ transplants by 2020 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Right now, 3,500 people state-wide are waiting for an organ transplant, he said, and 85 percent of them need a kidney. Michigan friends say kidney donation will bring them closer 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z “We can grow pigs in large numbers for food, but the necessary housing and development for organ transplant pigs would be much more expensive than for regular pigs,” says FitzGerald. Goat testicles in men, human organs in pigs: the past and future of xenotransplantation 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Thinking more about the 11 genes from the organ transplant work, I started to wonder: How specific is that set of genes? Wanted: More Data, the Dirtier the Better 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Healthy people do not contract a disease like PCP, which had been largely confined until then to patients on medication to suppress their immune systems for an organ transplant or cancer patients on chemotherapy. America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z But the visit, as part of a conference on organ transplants, was a brief 24 hours. Heart transplant unites families after Elkhart girl’s death 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Taiwan wants to be at the WHA to share its experience in national health insurance, disease prevention, and know-how in areas such as hepatitis-C treatment, AIDS, organ transplants, and craniofacial treatment, Chen said. Shut out of U.N. forum, Taiwan slams China's 'coercion and threats' 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z For example, after a year of community-instigated demonstrations, hunger strikes and meetings with hospital administrators, the Illinois legislature agreed to more inclusive laws concerning organ transplants for undocumented kidney patients. Inequality: Live poor, die young : Nature : Nature Research 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z I went to the Gene Expression Omnibus website and downloaded data from several organ transplant studies—heart, kidney, lung, liver. Wanted: More Data, the Dirtier the Better 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Some 5,000 patients are on the national waiting list for an organ transplant from a dead donor. 'I went to the web to find a new kidney' - BBC News 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z In Brisbane, Pari says, she was told by doctors that if Omid were to have even a chance of surviving, he would need organ transplants and possibly the amputation of some of his limbs. Death in detention: ‘I'd give everything to have him back’ 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z In 1986, he and Mary Pat Flaherty won the specialized reporting award for investigating failures in the U.S. organ transplant system. Pulitzer-winning journalist Andrew Schneider dies at age 74 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z If the Nanjing project is a skin graft, Boeri’s blueprints for “forest cities” are more like an organ transplant. 'Forest cities': the radical plan to save China from air pollution 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z The group that runs the nation’s organ transplant system, the United Network for Organ Sharing, plans a conference to help guide policy. Are face transplants still research, or regular care? 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z He called on people to stop travelling to China and buying organ transplants. Medical journal to retract paper after concerns organs came from executed prisoners 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Human rights groups say China is still using executed prisoners as a source of organ transplants. Vatican defends China invite to organ trafficking summit - BBC News 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z It was the first demonstration that such an interspecies organ transplant is possible. Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Lung transplants remain the most fragile of all organ transplants, but it’s improving with a 90-plus percent rate of survival after one year and up to 60 percent of all patients surviving five years. UPMC celebrates 2,000th lung transplant, 28-year survivor 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Lessons from online dating are helping computers save lives after organ transplants. How to Fix America's Electoral System 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Our surgeries were robot-assisted — a newer surgical technique for organ transplants. The Robot That Performed My Kidney Transplant Declined to Be Interviewed 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z She was reactivated on the organ transplant waiting list on Sept. 15. Chilton mom moves forward with new heart 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z The model for using chimeras for organ transplant would probably look something like the technique reported in Nature. Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo — raising the possibility of interspecies organ transplants 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z As their plan was executed Tuesday morning, some jokingly described it as a successful organ transplant, one of the musical variety. Century-old organ arrives home in Ann Arbor 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Sufferers are placed on dialysis and eventually need an organ transplant. My kidneys have failed, and I know my kids face the same fate - BBC News 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z Derek McCartney is an advocate for the organ transplant community after losing someone close to him who was on the waiting list. Longtime Coach Mac visits practice of No. 12 Colorado 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z In Ohio, more than 3,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant, and hundreds more await tissue transplants. Editorials from around Ohio 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Last year, Life Connection coordinated recoveries from 70 organ donors, resulting in 203 organ transplants. Overdose victims donate growing share of organs in Ohio 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z The buildings are scattered across Scotland - ranging from a football stadium in Galashiels, to an organ transplant unit in Edinburgh, to a boiler house at a former district asylum near Melrose. The 'exacting' architect forgotten by Scotland - BBC News 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z For the study, the researchers analyzed medical records of 413 organ transplant recipients, 63 percent of whom were not white. Organ Transplants Linked to Higher Skin Cancer Risk 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the problem may also affect doctors' willingness to do chemotherapy, organ transplants, or other treatments that might put a patient at risk of uncontrollable infections. Rising concern over drug-resistant germs prompt UN response 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Giving the gift of hope and life through an organ transplant is both precious and powerful… Editorials from around Ohio 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z According to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, more than 120,000 people nationwide require a lifesaving organ transplant. Pancreas, kidney transplants cure Kaukauna man of diabetes 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z The Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini had performed the world's first synthetic organ transplant, replacing a patient's trachea, or windpipe, with a plastic tube. Paolo Macchiarini: A surgeon’s downfall - BBC News 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The World Health Organization and other groups oppose "commercializing" organ transplants. In Iran, unique system allows payments for kidney donors 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Hundreds of people in the UK have received an organ transplant from someone with a history of cancer, despite many believing you cannot donate if you have had the disease. Organ transplants: Hundreds helped by former cancer patients - BBC News 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Controlled contact is impossible without intense medical supervision: the societal equivalent, perhaps, of an organ transplant. An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z The purpose of the double organ transplant is for the diabetes to disappear. Pancreas, kidney transplants cure Kaukauna man of diabetes 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z He helped establish multiple organ transplant programs, a comprehensive cancer center and one of the first federally funded centers for research in positron emission tomography, or PET scans. Longtime UCLA medical school dean Sherman Mellinkoff dies at 96 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z He helped establish multiple organ transplant programs, a comprehensive cancer center and one of the first federally funded centers for research in positron emission tomography, or PET scans. Longtime UCLA med school dean Sherman Mellinkoff dies at 96 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Through a new partnership, Tinder may help shorten the wait for those seeking for an organ transplant. Surgeon Says Apps May Turn Organ Donation Support Into 'Concrete Action' 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z More than 120,000 people in the United States are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, Fleming said, while on average, 22 die each day without receiving one. Apple urges organ donation via new iPhone software 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z In Wisconsin, about 2,300 people are on the organ transplant waiting list, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Pancreas, kidney transplants cure Kaukauna man of diabetes 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z More than 120,000 Americans are currently waiting for an organ transplant. How Apple Is Making it Easier to Become An Organ Donor 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Each day, an average of 22 people die in need of an organ transplant, while a patient is added to the waiting list every 10 minutes. Apple will push for organ donor registration in iOS 10 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z An estimated 0.04 percent of organ transplant recipients contract cancer from the donor organ, for example. Cancer Is Contagious Among Clams. What About Us? 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Like organ transplant patients, transfusion recipients risk rejecting the foreign blood, she said. Patients who reject transfusions pose challenges to surgeons 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z In a number of developed countries, donors form the bulk of organ transplant cases. India Police Probe Trade in Human Organs 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z The goals include making it easier for Americans to become organ donors and increasing the number of organ transplants. Obama's 3-Pronged Effort to Speed Organ Transplants 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Asked to comment, China’s Health Commission said surgeons were required to abide by ethical responsibilities outlined in the nation’s human organ transplant regulations. Doctor’s Plan for Full-Body Transplants Raises Doubts Even in Daring China 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z The approach, presented on 6 June at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago, Illinois, is inspired by the method used to prioritize organ transplants. Fairer way to distribute last-ditch drugs gets real-world trial 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z Cancer treatments and organ transplants could kill you. Superbugs will 'kill every three seconds' - BBC News 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Murray performed the first successful organ transplant – a kidney from brother to brother – in 1954 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, another Harvard hospital across town. Penis transplant: welcome to the frontier of a fascinating science | Celine Gounder 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z "Every 10 minutes, someone is added to the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant in the United States. And every day, 22 people die while waiting," the White House noted. Obama's 3-Pronged Effort to Speed Organ Transplants 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Instead, the China Daily ran stories on fast food, organ transplants and panda bears. 50 years later, China hasn't faced the lasting mark the Cultural Revolution left on society 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z "People with HIV in need of an organ transplant can benefit enormously from a donated organ." HIV-infected organs transplant success - BBC News 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z An undercover cop is thrown into a Thai prison, a hotbed of corruption, riots and black-market organ transplants. Every single movie coming out this summer 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Murray would later go on to discover drugs to black the immune system from rejecting organ transplant from donors who aren’t a genetic match. Penis transplant: welcome to the frontier of a fascinating science | Celine Gounder 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The administration said that over the next six months it will outline "common-sense steps to reduce the organ transplant waiting list and improve outcomes for patients," the announcement noted. Obama's 3-Pronged Effort to Speed Organ Transplants 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z General anesthesia, immunotherapy for cancer, 3-d printed prosthetics and organ transplants. America Needs an Attitude Adjustment 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z About three people a day die waiting for an organ transplant. HIV-infected organs transplant success - BBC News 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z He is director of solid organ transplant surgery at a Cleveland Clinic hospital in Weston, Fla. Yeast Infection Led to Removal of Transplanted Uterus 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Before 2010, the state extracted organs from death-row prisoners — thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, since organ transplants began in the 1970s. Signing Up Organ Donors in China Can Be an Uphill Battle 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Monday's developments build on earlier actions by the Obama administration to improve the organ transplant process and support living donors. Obama's 3-Pronged Effort to Speed Organ Transplants 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z We’ve made many remarkable advances in medicine, such as those involving genomics, immunotherapy, organ transplants, immunizations and stem cells. Don’t Let Your Doctor Kill You 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Doctors at Johns Hopkins announced yesterday that they successfully performed the first organ transplants between HIV-positive patients in the United States. Johns Hopkins performs first US organ transplants between HIV patients 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z In February, Hopkins became the first U.S. hospital to gain approval for the transplants from the United Network for Organ Sharing, the nonprofit that manages the nation’s organ transplant system for the federal government. Johns Hopkins performs first transplants between donors, recipients infected with HIV 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Another challenge is the expense, as organ transplants are not covered by state health insurance, doctors said after the event. Signing Up Organ Donors in China Can Be an Uphill Battle 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Until the law was changed, thousands of patients with HIV in need of organ transplants often risked death while waiting for a donated organ, he said. Doctors Report Groundbreaking HIV-to-HIV Organ Transplants 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The possibilities — human–animal chimaeras for organ transplants, climate-change-proof crops, eradication of disease vectors — seem endless. Gene intelligence 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z While grading measures evaluate everything from the age of the donor to the likelihood an organ transplant could transmit disease, some risk is assumed with all transplantation procedures and organs. Should You Accept a ‘Compromised Organ’ for Transplant? 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z It can also reduce the levels of anti-rejection drugs in organ transplant patients by 70%, jeopardizing the body’s ability to keep the organ. How Your Supplements Interact With Prescription Drugs 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Medicare is required to cover medications that help people who have had an organ transplant or suffer from depression, schizophrenia and epilepsy, for example. Not Up For Negotiation 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z To learn more about organ transplants, visit the United Network for Organ Sharing. Doctors Report Groundbreaking HIV-to-HIV Organ Transplants 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z There are also cases of malignant cells being transferred from one person to another through an organ transplant or from a woman to her fetus. Scientists Ponder the Prospect of Contagious Cancer 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z More than 68,000 providers would potentially be affected, including hospitals, kidney dialysis centers, psychiatric treatment facilities, home health agencies and organ transplant procurement organizations. Can Health Care Providers Afford to Be Ready for Disaster? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z A Pennsylvania man, who sued the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center over a deadly, mold-linked infection he and other organ transplant patients contracted at the facility, has died. Fourth patient linked to mold outbreak at Pittsburgh hospital dies 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Right now, nearly 133,000 Americans are on waiting lists for an organ transplant -- with the large majority in need of a kidney, according to the U.S. New Kidney Transplant Drug Cuts Risk of Earlier Death: Study 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z U.S. organ transplants surpassed the 30,000 milestone in 2015 because Americans are increasingly willing to donate their organs, health officials said. Record 30,000 Organ Transplants Performed in U.S. Last Year 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Critical-illness policies typically provide a lump sum if someone is diagnosed with cancer, heart attack, stroke or kidney failure, or needs a major organ transplant. Some insurance offers a lump sum if you get cancer or other serious illness 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z The nonprofit coordinates organ transplants in the U.S. Delaware woman uses car to advertise for kidney for father 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Brent Williams learned last month he was compatible for the organ transplant. Mountain Home coach gets kidney donation from friend 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z The cost of treating people with kidney disease is so high that an organ transplant market would not merely save lives, but would actually save money as well. The moral case for paying kidney donors 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z It raises concerns of the "antibiotic apocalypse" in which treatments fail and chemotherapy, surgery and organ transplants become near impossible. Breakthroughs galore: A transformative year in medicine - BBC News 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z The Wait” describes the 7,000 people on the organ transplant waiting list in the U.K. Health Buzz: How Tinder Is Recruiting Organ Donors 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z However, Church’s work suggests it is now possible to eradicate them and so open up the possibility of xenotransplants – animal organ transplants – for humans. Top biologists debate ban on gene-editing 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Dr. Huang, a former deputy health minister, is in charge of overhauling China’s organ transplant system as chairman of the Human Organ Donation and Transplant Committee. Transplant Chief in China Denies Breaking Vow to Ban Prisoners’ Organs 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Cancer therapy, surgery and organ transplants are all reliant on antibiotics. Antibiotic surge revealed by seasonal maps - BBC News 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z That year, a new law on organ transplants banned trafficking in organs and removing them without written consent, although it did not mention prisoners. China Bends Vow, Using Prisoners’ Organs for Transplants 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z At that point their kidneys are so deteriorated that the only possible treatments are either dialysis or an organ transplant. Clues Emerge in the Fight against a Mysterious Killer of Central American Farmers 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Antibiotics were once considered a miracle drug, opening the door to surgeries that hadn't been possible before, including organ transplants. Could Antibiotics in Meat Be Making Our Kids Sick? 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z The Bible says nothing about abortion and it says nothing about organ transplants. Supreme Court to Hear Texas Abortion Law Case 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z There’s more immunosuppressed patients, as we see more HIV and more organ transplant and more people on steroids. The Mysterious Rise of Valley Fever 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z There have been some cases of cancers going from one person to another through organ transplant or in the womb. Man died with 'tapeworm tumours' - BBC News 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Dieter Egli, a stem cell scientist at Columbia University, notes that chimerism is what occurs with organ transplants, and, on a more sophisticated level, with the new stem cell-based treatments that researchers are exploring now. How a Man's Unborn Twin Fathered His Child 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Researchers may be a step closer to raising gene-edited pigs for organ transplants in people. Top stories: Pollen-eyed bees, bugs for food, and a new skin for prosthetic limbs 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z He added that the number would be even higher if the estimate included all procedures that require antibiotics, which range from simple root canals to organ transplants. Antibiotic Resistance Could Threaten Surgery, Chemo Patients 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Messages on participants’ signs included, “22 people die each day in the U.S. because not enough organs are available” and “3,500 Michigan patients are waiting in line today for an organ transplant.” Organ donation advocates rally at University of Michigan 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Any risk of the donated tissue being rejected in the same way as an organ transplant is thought to be low. First 'in womb' stem cell trial to begin - BBC News 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z David Cooper, a transplant immunologist whose group at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania is also exploring pig organ transplants, notes that regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Gene-editing method revives hopes for transplanting pig organs into people 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Naim, who is thirty-five, is one of five officers in the department; two of them are posted in hospitals to supervise the paperwork for organ transplants. An Activist in the Sex-Trafficking Underworld of Iraq 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z That leaves only organ transplants from deceased donors as an option, and that is where the improvement has come from, according to the study. Racial Gap in Kidney Transplants Combated by Policy Changes 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Dr. Dorry Segev, an organ transplant specialist at Johns Hopkins University, noted that younger blacks on dialysis die at nearly twice the rate of whites and are less likely to be referred for a transplant. A racial gap in kidney transplants closes but work remains 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Temporary suppression of the immune system led to successful organ transplants. After 60 years of research, McLaughlin faces new challenge 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z The findings suggest a link between organ transplants and melanoma risk; they don't prove cause-and-effect. Deadly Skin Cancer More Common in Organ Transplant Recipients: Study 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Johnson said about 3,500 Michigan residents are awaiting organ transplants. More than 4 million registered in Michigan as organ donors 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z However, the NHS Blood and Transplant report showed a rise in the number waiting for an organ transplant. Organ donor numbers show rise in 2014-15 - BBC News 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The organ transplant was bound to happen since Fox was nearly seven weeks old, due to a life-threatening liver disorder called biliary atresia. Man gets new liver through anonymous organ donation 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z He believes they should use their positions to preach about the acceptability of organ transplants. Hospitals urge Muslims to donate organs - BBC News 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z “The potential is really huge when you consider that in China alone, 1.5 million people are waiting for organ transplants,” Hesuani says. Inside Skolkovo, Moscow's self-styled Silicon Valley 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z His struggling organs, and the medicine, were stopping doctors performing the reconstruction and the hole in the skull prevented an organ transplant. US man has first skull and scalp transplant - BBC News 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z An organ transplant in the U.S. costs upward of $500,000, but it’s just a fraction of that in Latin America. Transplant surgeons save children’s lives in Venezuela 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z There is precedent for such a move: No hospitals can perform organ transplants without obtaining CMS approval. Low Volume Hospitals Create Big Risks for Surgery Patients 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Figures from the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation show that there are fewer organ transplants from deceased people in Muslim-majority countries, compared with the rest of the world. Hospitals urge Muslims to donate organs - BBC News 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Antibiotics were once considered a miracle drug, opening the doors to more surgeries, including organ transplants. U.S. Medicine Has Entered the Post-Antibiotic World 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Statewide there are more than 2,300 people on waiting lists for organ transplants, said Greg Asmus, hospital development supervisor with the Wisconsin Donor Network in Milwaukee. More than 2,300 wait for organ transplants in Wisconsin 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Once perfected, the same process might also be turned toward helping bodies accept other donations, such as organ transplants, Kwan said. Researchers Report Progress in Making All Blood Types Universally Accepted 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z But try to peddle that conclusion to a thriving organ transplant recipient, or a vital coronary bypass patient, or a bone marrow transplant recipient in remission. Dietary Fats for the Fatuous 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z In some organ transplant recipients and cancer patients, however, the amount of ammonia in the blood explodes. An unexpected microbe is killing organ transplant patients 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z According to the Wisconsin Donor Network, more than 2,300 people are on waiting lists for an organ transplant in Wisconsin. Packers player becomes face of organ donation effort 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z The medicines are often used to protect those undergoing surgery, who become vulnerable to bacterial infections after procedures ranging from hip replacements to organ transplants. Drug-Resistant Stomach Bug Spreading Across the U.S. 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z “Blood is analogous to a liquid organ transplant,” Frank says. Evidence-based medicine: Save blood, save lives 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z By Shefali Luthra Whether a patient is in the hospital for an organ transplant, an appendectomy or to have a baby, one complaint is common: the gown. In Pursuit of Patient Satisfaction, Hospitals Update the Hated Hospital Gown 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Whether a patient has come to a hospital to have an organ transplant, an appendectomy or a baby, one complaint is common: the gown. A new unusual Diane von Furstenberg gown? 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Four hospitals in the state perform organ transplants: Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center; Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin; Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin; and the University of Wisconsin Hospital transplant program in Madison. Packers player becomes face of organ donation effort 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z This stage of the infection has no other discernible symptoms, but individuals with dormant infections who develop compromised immune systems—because of AIDS, an organ transplant or chemotherapy—may experience severe complications. Common Parasite Could Manipulate Our Behavior 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z In fact, all three men have survived the wait for an organ transplant and its difficult recovery. Faith, wife motivate man on liver-transplant waiting list 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Dr. Sanjay Kilkarni, director of the kidney and pancreas transplant program at Yale-New Haven, said the multiple donations highlight both the success of organ transplants and the need for more people to become donors. Intrigued by organ donation, Mystic woman gives a kidney 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z In Bolivia, cost-free organ transplant program hamstrung by culture and ‘curanderos’ AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EST 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z As well as untreatable infections, surgery, chemotherapy and organ transplants become impossible without the support of antibiotics. Call to snoop on antibiotic scripts 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z |
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