Renal Business Today - Organ Procurement And Transplantation Network (OPTN)

Nevada Not in Good Standing with OPTN/UNOS

RICHMOND, Va.—The OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors declared Nevada Donor Network to be a "Member Not in Good Standing" at its board meeting June 28 and 29. ...More

August 1, 2011

Posted in News, Government & Regulation

Survival Matching Should be Used to Allocate Kidneys

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Providing kidney transplants to patients with the best probability of longer survival would reduce repeat transplant operations and improve life span after kidney transplant, a University of Michigan researcher said in a commentary published in the March 16 ...More

March 21, 2011

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation

Loyola Starts Pay-it-Forward Kidney Transplant Program

MAYWOOD, Ill.—It’s extremely rare when someone asking for nothing in return steps forward at a hospital and offers to donate a kidney to a complete stranger. ...More

March 31, 2010

Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma

UC Davis Completes 4 Transplant in 2 Days Using Paired Exchange

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Using the revolutionary new approach to kidney transplants known as paired exchange, four patients have received live-donor kidney transplants through the UC Davis Kidney Transplant Program. ...More

March 16, 2010

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma

4 Organizations Named for National Pilot Project for Kidney Paired Donation

Four organizations representing more than 80 kidney transplant programs nationwide have been selected to enroll patients and potential living donors in a national pilot project to facilitate kidney paired donation (KPD) transplants. ...More

March 2, 2010

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OPTN/UNOS Board Approves Living Donor Kidney Programs

ORLANDO, Fla.—The OPTN/UNOS board of directors approved 236 living donor kidney transplant programs that met criteria for key personnel and enhancing living donor safety, according to a news release about the board’s Nov 16-17 meeting. ...More

November 19, 2009

Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation

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