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While the use of more liberal criteria for organ donation has enabled researchers at one US center to double the number of kidney transplants without compromising patient outcomes, the easing [...]

Increasing competition among heart transplant centers for the scarce supply of donated hearts may have encouraged 'gaming' of the waiting list, according to the authors of a new study. Cardiologists [...]

Analysis of the performance of Medicare-approved heart transplant centers found that many performed at volume and survival rates below the minimum levels required for their initial Medicare approval-sometimes for several [...]

Organ transplantation is becoming more commonplace in HIV-infected patients, a clear indication that AIDS is being transformed from a death sentence to more of a chronic disease. Transplants in HIV [...]

For years Blacks and other minorities in the US, through no fault of their own, have been less likely than whites to receive kidney transplant. Now that is apparently about [...]

Patients with diabetes mellitus who undergo pancreas transplantation, either alone or following renal transplantation, actually have lower survival rates at 1 and 4 years posttransplant than diabetics who remain on [...]

A novel form of immunosuppressant-patterned after an aspect of what is commonly called Bubble Boy Disease--is showing promise in preventing rejection of transplanted organs in animals without compromising the health [...]

A British woman has given birth to a son after receiving fertility treatment in the United States to ensure the baby was a genetic match with his older brother, who [...]

Claiming advances in US human embryonic stem cell research are being hampered by a Bush administration policy that requires federally funded researchers to use older colonies of stem cells, rather [...]

The cost of implanting a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) in patients suffering from end-stage heart failure is comparable to that of a heart, liver,or other major organ transplant, according [...]

Results of a study in mice question the ability of adult blood stem cells to differentiate into other types of tissue and raise doubts about whether these cells could be [...]

Scientists in the United States and Japan have cloned cows that produce human antibodies, an accomplishment that holds promise for treating certain diseases. Human antibodies, called gamma-globulins or intravenous immunoglobulins [...]

With more than 4,000 Americans and thousands more worldwide dying each year while awaiting heart or kidney transplants, researchers are constantly searching for new strategies to enlarge the pool of [...]

While the number of potential organ donors in the US has stabilized, less than half become donors and minority donation continues to lag with about 1 in 4 donating, according [...]

Scientists have presented the most compelling evidence to date that both adult and embryonic stem cells can fulfill their promise as therapies for various devastating diseases that afflict millions of [...]

Xenotransplantation may offer the best hope for eliminating the severe shortage of donor organs and saving the lives of tens of thousands of people currently on transplant waiting lists, but [...]

It is perhaps the most altruistic of human acts: donating one's own organ, or part of an organ, to a relative, loved one or another person in need. But while [...]

It is perhaps the most altruistic of human acts: donating one's own organ, or part of an organ, to a relative, loved one or another person in need. But while [...]

Following earlier reports that Dolly the sheep has premature arthritis, 2 new health problems in cloned animals are adding fuel to the debate over the safety of reproductive cloning. Researchers [...]

In a significant step toward enabling animal-to-human transplantation without organ rejection, scientists at two rival biotechnology companies announced last week that they had cloned pigs that are missing a gene [...]

Scientists at a small, privately-held biotechnology company announced Sunday that they had successfully and for the first time cloned human embryos. The embryos quickly died, and cloning experts outside the [...]

In an ironic twist of fate, the beneficiary of a family's decision to donate the organs of their fatally injured child was the youngster's mother, who had been on the [...]

Even in times of national crisis, transfusion patients and their families can be assured that donated blood is safe, and that collection standards do not decline when need is great [...]

Novelist, playwright, and AIDS activist Larry Kramer may be about to write a new landmark chapter in medicine's progress against the disease. The HIV-positive Kramer is among dozens of patients [...]

While President Bush may have partly opened the gates for US funding of stem cell investigations, some scientists are concerned about access and potential restrictions on such research due to [...]

The recipient of the first self-contained artificial heart has surprised doctors with a rapid recovery that has surpassed their expectations to the point where they say they may consider him [...]

Scientists in Chicago, IL announced the first birth of a baby who had undergone genetic testing as an embryo to screen for a disease that might not appear until adulthood, [...]

Although India and China are notorious for their 'organ bazaars,' the past decade has seen the establishment of a vast network of 'kidney hunters' who scavenge for sellers in Turkey [...]

A Canadian infant whose parents had raised $240,000 in donations to allow him to travel to the United States for a living donor liver transplant has died, and his father [...]

The foundation for potentially revolutionary new treatments for heart attack, the leading killer of US men and women, has been laid by 3 trials that used adult bone marrow stem [...]

Social and ethical arguments aside, human cloning should not proceed because of the problems encountered in animal cloning, warned Ian Wilmut, PhD, the Scottish researcher who created Dolly the sheep, [...]

Cochlear implants help very young and persons who are deaf and blind Two new studies from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor show that many young, congenitally deaf children [...]

Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) engage in divergent, often unpredictable, and sometimes illegal practices for accepting organ donation consent, according to a report and commentary published in the January 17th issue [...]

The world's first genetically modified monkey, bred by researchers at the Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU), may suggest ways to speed new treatments for an array of disabling human conditions [...]

The sensitivity of nucleic acid sequence-based amplification compared to standard serologic testing in detecting cytomegalovirus (CMV) may allow earlier treatment of the infection in transplant patients. In a 3-month study [...]

A superior graft outcome with little increase in the duration of cold ischemia justifies national sharing of HLA-matched kidney transplants, according to the results of a study published in the [...]

Supporters of a 15-year-old Mexican girl who died following a liver transplant have attacked the US organ allocation system as it applies to nonresident foreign nationals, but the real problem, [...]

The British government has announced plans to introduce legislation amending a ban on human cloning that would permit scientific research on embryo cells, raising the possibility Britain could be the [...]

Scientists in the United States and Taiwan have successfully transplanted bioengineered corneal stem cells to restore or improve vision in patients whose corneas had been damaged by disease or injury. [...]

Transplant News Special Correspondent The Kansas City, MO FBI and a Congressional subcommittee have launched separate investigations into whether anyone violated federal laws in removing and marketing tissue from fetuses [...]

A Texas company is offering to store DNA from aging or dying pets for future cloning once the technology becomes feasible and affordable. Genetic Savings and Clone (GSC), based in [...]

Transplant News Special Correspondent On March 3, the New England Journal of Medicine prereleased the findings of a study showing that high-dose chemotherapy plus autologous stem cell transplantation (HDC+SCT) does [...]