News & Information

Transplant Living News provides the latest news about pre- and post-transplant therapies, surgical technologies and research in the field of transplantation. Please refer to the news from the past 30 days listed below.

Articles Published Within Last 30 Days
03/01/2010	U.S. FDA panel backs transplant drug belatacept
	WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co's experimental kidney transplant drug belatacept should be approved to give doctors and patients more treatment choices, but long-term data and a stringent patient registry are needed, U.S. medical advisers said on Monday.
02/24/2010	When patients with failed kidney grafts stop immunosuppression, their cancer risks fall
	NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk for infection-related cancers in kidney transplant recipients falls dramatically when immunosuppression is stopped after graft failure, according to a study from Australia and New Zealand.
02/09/2010	Ventricular assist and cardioverter devices work well together
	NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients with severe congestive heart failure, simultaneous use of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is not contraindicated.
02/09/2010	'Artificial pancreas' may be option for diabetics
	LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have used an "artificial pancreas" system of pumps and monitors to improve blood sugar control in diabetes patients in the first study to show the new device works better than conventional treatment.
02/09/2010	In pediatric intestinal transplantation, children with volvulus have the best outcomes
	NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Survival after pediatric intestinal transplantation seems to be related to the indication for transplant, according to researchers who analyzed data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).