Month: November 2016

It may be possible to safely prevent one of the most common — and costly to treat — infections contracted by hospitalized patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation for the treatment of blood cancers, according to a study from the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The researchers will present their findings at this … Continue reading “Preventative antibiotics could prevent Clostridium difficile infection among stem cell transplant patients – Science Daily”

By Andy Metzger, State House News  BOSTON – Mental or physical disabilities could not form the sole basis for denying a person an organ transplant under a bill sent to Gov. Charles D. Baker Jr.’s desk Wednesday, outlawing a practice that might not occur at all in Massachusetts. Backed by the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, … Continue reading “Bill would outlaw denial of transplants to the disabled – Worcester Telegram”

CHICAGO — For kidney transplant patients at low immunologic risk, chronic corticosteroid therapy can be rapidly withdrawn after induction therapy with either basiliximab or rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (AGT), results from the 12-month HARMONY study show. “We thought that maybe basiliximab would not be as strong an immunosuppressant as the rabbit AGT regimen, but this was not … Continue reading “Rapid Steroid Withdrawal Cuts Diabetes After Transplant – Medscape”

Wall Street Journal How Surgeons Stay Focused for Hours Wall Street Journal Organ-transplant surgeons have skills most of us can only dream about. One, concentrating for hours straight, is something we can aspire to. Transplanting a liver can take eight to 10 hours. Surgeons are on their feet the whole time, hunched over the …