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Epstein-Barr Virus Might Help Trigger Cancer After Kidney Transplant
Key Takeaways Kidney transplant recipients who’ve never been exposed to the Epstein-Barr virus but receive organs from a donor who has been may develop a rare and aggressive cancer As many as 1...
Boston Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney in Fourth Patient
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 – Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S. The recipient of the genetically modified pig organ was a ...
FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans
TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, marking a major step...
PTLD Up for Seronegative Recipients of Epstein-Barr Virus-Seropositive Donor Kidneys
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 – Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-seronegative recipients of EBV-seropositive donor (EBV D+/R−) kidneys have an increased risk for posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (...
Longest Pig Organ Transplant Survivor Passes 60 Days With New Kidney
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 – An Alabama woman has become the longest-living recipient of a pig organ transplant, passing 60 days with a gene-edited kidney and showing no signs of slowing down. "I'm...
U.S. Woman Living Healthy With Kidney Sourced From Pig
TUESDAY, Dec. 17, 2024 – A 53-year-old woman from Alabama has a new lease on life after receiving a gene-edited kidney obtained from a pig, living healthily with the new organ for over a month, her...
People With HIV Can Now Receive Livers, Kidneys From HIV-Positive Donors
TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 2024 – People with HIV can now receive a potentially life-saving kidney or liver from a donor who is also infected with the virus, according to new rules announced Tuesday by the...
Kidney Transplants Safe When Donor, Recipient Both HIV-Positive
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 16, 2024 – People living with HIV who need a kidney can rest assured that outcomes are similar whether their kidney donor was also HIV-positive or not, a new study finds. One- and...
Kidney Transplant Noninferior From Donors With Versus Without HIV in HIV-Positive Recipients
THURSDAY, Oct. 17, 2024 – Among recipients with HIV, kidney transplantation from donors with HIV is noninferior to that from donors without HIV, according to a study published online Oct. 16 in the...
Perioperative Mortality Low for Living Kidney Donors
THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 – Perioperative mortality has decreased after living kidney donation, with 0.9 deaths per 10,000 during 2013 to 2022, according to a research letter published online Aug. 28...
It's Safer to Donate a Kidney Now Than at Any Time in History
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 – The risk of death associated with donating a kidney is at an all-time low, a new study finds. A kidney donor’s risk – already small a decade ago – is now lower by more t...
Renal Graft Survival Similar for Toxoplasma Ab-Positive, Negative Donors
FRIDAY, Aug. 16, 2024 – For recipients of renal transplant, graft survival is similar for Toxoplasma antibody-positive donors (TPD) and Toxoplasma-negative donors, according to a study published...