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Robotic Transplant an Option for Obese Kidney Patients

CHICAGO—Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional “open" transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System. ...More
5 days ago
Posted in News
More Hispanic Organ Donations Needed

ROCHESTER, Minn.—April is National Donate Life Month, held to encourage organ and tissue donation and to celebrate donors who give a new life to others. Organ donors are always in short supply. In the United States, more than 118,000 people are waiting for organ ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Video of Lab-Grown, Functional Kidney Amazes

Change. Without it we would still be riding a horse and carriage, looking for the nearest payphone, and e-mails would be called a telegram. ...More
April 17, 2013
Posted in Blog, Clinical & Pharma
Informed Patients More Likely To Get Transplant

ORLANDO, Fla.—The more you know the better your chances of making good decisions in life and your health and what you don't know can hurt your chances of getting a transplant. ...More
April 3, 2013
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Educating Patients About Their Treatment Options

Choices! Life is all about choices! Chicken or fish? Coke or Pepsi? Every day we are faced with choices that we make hoping to meet our needs and wants. Some are simple and need little thought; some require deep consideration. Whatever the situation, we all seek to make ...More
March 27, 2013
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Fewer Transplants Done Through Kidney Chains

BALTIMORE—An additional 1,000 patients could undergo kidney transplants in the United States annually if hospitals performed more transplants using paired kidney exchanges, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. ...More
March 12, 2013
Posted in Articles, Clinical & Pharma
UNOS Receives $500,000 from the United Health Foundation

RICHMOND, Va.—United Health Foundation has given $500,000 to United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to integrate UNOS's kidney paired donation (KPD) matching service into the national transplant system's technology infrastructure. ...More
March 6, 2013
Posted in News, Business
Saying Goodbye to Anti-Rejection Drugs

One knows that when a person gets a kidney transplant they are required to take anti-rejection medication for as long as the kidney continues to work. Anti-rejection medication is necessary in order for the foreign object, the kidney, to be accepted by the body. ...More
March 5, 2013
Posted in Articles, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
New Cause for Organ Rejection Identified

MONTREAL— A team led by Dr. Marie-Josée Hébert from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) has discovered a new cause of organ rejection in some kidney transplant patients. Her team has identified a new class of antibodies —anti-LG3—which when ...More
February 28, 2013
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Forget Valentine's Day Chocolate or Flowers, Donated Kidney Saves the Day

KANSAS CITY, Kan.—While flowers, dinner and chocolate work as gifts for some couples this Valentine's Day, one Kansas City couple had a very unique gift experience. Taesha Benson granted her boyfriend, Travis Spire-Sweet , the ultimate gift of love: her left kidney. ...More
February 13, 2013
Posted in News, Practice Management