Living donors may benefit transplant patients
For a patient awaiting a new organ—namely a liver or kidney—living donation provides a viable alternative and can often shorten
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New therapeutic target for graft-vs-host disease could make bone marrow transplant safer
Bone marrow transplant (BMT) offers patients with leukemia and lymphoma a potentially curative treatment. Bone marrow from the donor contains
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Cognitive Scores After Kidney Transplant Tied to Frailty
FRIDAY, Jan. 25, 2019 — Frail kidney transplant recipients have lower cognitive scores than nonfrail recipients four years after transplant,
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Elevated Risk for Lung CA in Lung Transplant Recipients Explored
THURSDAY, Dec. 27, 2018 — Recipients of a lung transplant, especially a single lung transplant, have an elevated risk for
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Does obesity have an impact on kidney transplant outcomes?
A new study sheds light on the potential impacts of obesity on health outcomes in kidney transplant recipients. The study
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Certain physical disabilities may affect outcomes in kidney transplant recipients
Visual and walking disabilities in kidney transplant recipients were linked with poor outcomes in a study that will be presented
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MS sufferer can finally dance after having a stem-cell transplant
MS sufferer, 49, dances for the first time in a decade after an experimental stem-cell transplant rids him of the
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Woman gives birth after receiving a uterus transplant from her twin
Woman, 38, gives birth to baby boy after receiving a uterus transplant from her twin sister The mother, a 38-year-old
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