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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...

Success at Texas Hospital Offers Hope for Millions Affected by Liver-Destroying Hepatitis C SAN ANTONIO, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Liver transplant surgeons at a San Antonio hospital are poised to save hundreds of lives as deaths from liver-destroying hepatitis C increase, with recent reports indicating baby boomers are highest risk. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120314/DC70663) The Liver Transplant Program at Methodist Specialty and...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Texas Transplant Institute kidney transplant program at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital (MSTH) in San Antonio, Texas, home of the nation's largest live donor kidney transplant program in 2009*, published in today's New England Journal of Medicine that they have increased access to live donor kidney transplantation by 34% with kidney paired donation (KPD). The paired donor program identifies living donors who wish to...