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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
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
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Seniors Wait Longer for Kidney Transplants

BALTIMORE—One-third of people over the age of 65 wait longer than necessary for lifesaving, new kidneys because their doctors fail to put them in a queue for organs unsuitable to transplant in younger patients but well-suited to seniors, according to new research from Johns ...More
February 15, 2010
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
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
Shorter Wait Means Longer Life for Kidney Transplant Candidates

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—The shorter the waiting time at a transplant center, the longer kidney transplant patients are likely to live, according to new research from the University of Florida (UF). ...More
February 19, 2009
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Transplant waiting list exceeds 100,000

RICHMOND, Va.— As of October 6, for the first time, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. are awaiting an organ transplant from a deceased donor. ...More
October 10, 2008
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Poor African Americans less likely to be placed on transplant list

ATLANTA—African-American end-stage renal disease patients who live in poorer neighborhoods are less likely to be placed on kidney transplant waiting lists than white ESRD patients within the same neighborhood poverty level, according to a study presented at the 2007 ...More
January 7, 2008
Posted in Articles, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Obese patients wait longer for kidney transplants

BALTIMORE--Obese kidney disease patients face not only the usual long odds of a tissue match and organ rejection, but also are significantly less likely than normal-weight people to receive a kidney transplant, according to new research from Johns Hopkins specialists. ...More
December 19, 2007
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation

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