Latest Kidney transplantation Stories

Singer and kidney transplant patient Natalie Cole applauds "brilliant" partnership of USC and UKRO LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and the University Kidney Research Organization (UKRO), a Los Angeles-based non-profit group that supports medical research concerning the causes, improved treatments for, and the prevention of kidney disease, announced today that they have joined together to...

Finding allays fears that minorities would be disadvantaged by expansion of the donor pool The largest U.S. multicenter study of living kidney transplant donor chains showed that 46 percent of recipients are minorities, a finding that allays previous fears that these groups would be disadvantaged by expansion of the donor pool through this type of exchange process. The study of a series of chain transplantations performed from February 2008 to June 2011 at 57 centers nationwide included...

STOCKHOLM, September 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OxThera AB has successfully raised MSEK 39 in a rights issue. The proceeds from the financing will enable OxThera to complete a new clinical study to confirm the positive effects of treatment with Oxabact(R) previously seen in patients with Primary Hyperoxaluria, a debilitating medical condition for which there is no effective treatment today. "We appreciate the continued support from our shareholders, including HealthCap,...

DPC Urges Swift Passage of Bill to Extend Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Data from a recent survey of Dialysis Patient Citizens' (DPC) kidney disease patient membership highlights the strong need for swift Congressional action on the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2011 (H.R. 2969/S.1454). The survey data released today reinforces concerns that many dialysis patients are...

DENVER, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Swedish Medical Center, Memorial Health System, Littleton Adventist Hospital and Mike McBride, CEO of St. Mary's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, were recognized with Ending the Wait awards for their outstanding efforts in promoting organ and tissue donation in Colorado. The awards, now in their fourth year, are presented annually by Donor Alliance, the organ procurement organization serving Colorado and most of Wyoming, and the...

University of Maryland study findings advance navel nephrectomy as standard of care BALTIMORE, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the largest study of its kind, living donors who had a kidney removed through a single port in the navel report higher satisfaction in several key categories, compared to donors who underwent traditional multiple-port laparoscopic removal. The new technique has been described as virtually scarless, because nearly the entire incision, once...

Renal transplantation is best treatment option for improving quality of life in people with late-stage chronic kidney disease In people with late-stage chronic kidney disease, renal transplantation is the best treatment option to improve quality of life, but for those receiving dialysis, home-based automated peritoneal dialysis (in which fluids are infused into the abdominal cavity and can be done nightly at home) provides a better quality of life than continuous ambulatory peritoneal...

SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For kidney failure patients with living donors who are not a match, kidney paired donation offers an alternative with outstanding results, concludes a study published in this month's edition of the American Journal of Transplantation. Doctors at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital published the article, "Single-Center Kidney Paired Donation: The Methodist San Antonio Experience," based on the results of a three-year study on...

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have demonstrated in the laboratory that a new drug is effective in treating a very common kidney disease –– although it will be a few years before it becomes available for clinical testing. The findings resulted from a collaboration between UCSB and a biotech firm based in Indiana. Over 600,000 people in the U.S., and 12 million worldwide, are affected by the inherited kidney disease known as autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD or PKD)....

Young blacks and patients without private insurance less likely to be assessed Highlights: Young black patients and patients without private health insurance are less likely to be assessed for a kidney transplant when they start dialysis. These patients are also less likely to be put on the transplant waiting list and to receive a kidney transplant. The findings may help explain the racial and socioeconomic disparities in access to kidney transplantation that are well documented. A...