In this review, the authors discuss “actinopathies” in terms of the clinical aspects and cellular mechanisms, with a focus on the effect of these mutations on neutrophil function.…
Mark Ballow, MD, of the University of South Florida, and Jolan Walter, MD, PhD, of the University of South Florida and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, discuss COVID-19…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In kidney transplant recipients, bringing hemoglobin levels above 125 g/L with erythropoietin may increase mortality, according to a report in the November 6th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Coronary angiography is a recommended screening test for many patients undergoing kidney transplantation and now new research shows that it can be performed…
Jorge Reyes MD, Director of Transplant Program, Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, describes pediatric multi-organ transplant in children who have lost their intestine or function of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving low-dose dopamine to brain-dead donors can improve graft function after kidney transplantation, according to trial findings reported in the Journal of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Liver transplant recipients whose indication for transplant was hepatitis C virus (HCV) cirrhosis have markedly poorer survival compared to patients transplanted for alcoholic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that survival is similar for smokers and non-smokers who undergo liver transplantation. At least one large insurance company is denying…
James N. Gladstone, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedics, Co-chief, Division of Sports Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses cartilage cell transplantation, one of the most exciting technologies…
Frank A. Papay, MD, FACS, FAAP, Chairman of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the face transplant carried out at the Cleveland Clinic, and the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rituximab (Rituxan) has been implicated in 57 cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in HIV-negative patients diagnosed with hematologic malignancies or autoimmune diseases,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As a treatment for type 1 diabetes with kidney dysfunction, simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) provides better survival than kidney transplantation alone, even if…
