Month: June 2016

BAY VILLAGE, Ohio – A decade after Nathan Hart, 12, received a kidney transplant, the Bay Village Middle School sixth grader medaled in three events at the 2016 Transplant Games held earlier this month around Northeast Ohio. “I had fun meeting others that are like me that have received a transplant,” Hart said. “I had … Continue reading “Bay Village Middle School sixth grader medals at Transplant Games – cleveland.com”

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Transplant Genomics has announced a collaboration with the Mayo Clinic to develop, validate, and commercialize diagnostic testing for solid organ transplant recipients. Under the terms of the agreement the partners will perform a multi-year assessment of the firm’s TruGraf test for renal transplant monitoring at Mayo campuses in Minnesota, Arizona, and … Continue reading “Mayo Clinic, Transplant Genomics Ink Collaboration – GenomeWeb”

Researchers from the University of Chicago have shown that microbiota — the bacteria, viruses and other microbes living on the skin and in the digestive system — play an important role in the body’s ability to accept transplanted skin and other organs. In a June 20 study, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, the … Continue reading “Microbiota affect the rate of transplant acceptance and rejection – Science Daily”

DOCTORS leaders are to press ministers for a UK-wide opt-out transplant system. While the British Medical Association (BMA( has advocated the change for some time, it is the first time it has voted to actively lobby governments. Delegates at the BMA’s annual meeting in Belfast voted in favour of a motion saying it will urge … Continue reading “Doctor leaders to lobby for UK-wide opt-out transplant system – Glasgow Evening Times”

Conner Vollmer is an “outdoors kid” who likes to hunt, fish and ride dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles. Conner also helps neighbors with yardwork, snow shoveling and other tasks around their Town of Tonawanda neighborhood. “I’ll have the garbage cans halfway out and he’ll say, ‘Here, I’ll take these the rest of the way,’ ” said … Continue reading “Tonawanda teen, younger brother a ‘perfect match’ for marrow transplant – Buffalo News”

Creating a confidential reporting system in Canada about organ transplant tourism could help reduce the practice and disrupt international networks, argues a commentary published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Despite global laws to combat organ transplant tourism—that is, patients travelling abroad to obtain organs through commercial transactions—the practice persists and has implications for care … Continue reading “Law reform in Canada may help curb organ transplant tourism – Medical Xpress”

As a practicing organ transplant surgeon, I am struck every day by how many people I could help, if only . . . That’s both the hardest and most important thought to finish. I’ve tried to take it in so many different directions, but there’s only one that I’m sure is actually right: … if … Continue reading “Gridlock: The Inability to Do Research in Deceased Donors to Improve Transplant Organ Quality and Quantity – Huffington Post”