Received this email from the National Kidney Registry:
The attached research is a MUST read for transplant professionals. It concludes that ample evidence points to antibodies as the main cause of chronic rejection and suggests frequent monitoring (e.g. every 4 months) for timely detection of de novo antibody formation. If detected early, antibodies will likely be of a lower strength and more readily removed than if detected later.
This proof of a causal link between antibodies and chronic rejection appears to be a major breakthrough in transplantation which could extend the functioning life of a transplanted kidney and eliminate the need for subsequent transplants. If you have any additional thoughts on this topic, please email them to me.
Garet Hil
Founder & President
National Kidney Registry
Download the the article (PDF) here
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Kidneys for all
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Revolutionary operation could 'cure' high blood pressure
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
Published: 8:00AM GMT 26 Dec 2009
from Telegraph.co.uk
A revolutionary new operation which could effectively cure high blood pressure has been developed by scientists, offering hope to hundreds of thousands of sufferers.
In what is being hailed as the most exciting development in the field for 50 years, doctors can treat the condition with a simple procedure in under an hour.
It could allow some sufferers to come off medication completely and offer hope for those for whom existing treatments have no effect.
Published: 8:00AM GMT 26 Dec 2009
from Telegraph.co.uk
A revolutionary new operation which could effectively cure high blood pressure has been developed by scientists, offering hope to hundreds of thousands of sufferers.
In what is being hailed as the most exciting development in the field for 50 years, doctors can treat the condition with a simple procedure in under an hour.
It could allow some sufferers to come off medication completely and offer hope for those for whom existing treatments have no effect.
Saturday, 2 January 2010
Man Bikes 4639 Miles despite Dialysis
Published on August 06, 2009
by OfficialWire NewsDesk
(EUNewsNet.com and OfficialWire)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
A 37-year-old man who spent most of his life on dialysis says he bicycled 4,639 miles from California to Washington to highlight the medical needs of others
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by OfficialWire NewsDesk
(EUNewsNet.com and OfficialWire)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
A 37-year-old man who spent most of his life on dialysis says he bicycled 4,639 miles from California to Washington to highlight the medical needs of others
Click on title for more....
Transplanted organs from donor who died of undiagnosed brain disease transmitted amoebic brain infection to recipient.
Dec 29, 2009 (4 days ago)Transplanted organs from donor who died of undiagnosed brain disease transmitted amoebic brain infection to recipient.
from Hypertension, Dialysis and Clinical Nephrology - Kidney Univ. Miss:
Unprecedented case involving possible transmission of an organism from organ donor to recipients has been the focus of an intense medical search involving the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Mississippi State Department of Health. The effort launched recently following the illnesses of two transplant recipients who received organs from the same donor. Both of those patients are now critically ill.
from Hypertension, Dialysis and Clinical Nephrology - Kidney Univ. Miss:
Unprecedented case involving possible transmission of an organism from organ donor to recipients has been the focus of an intense medical search involving the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Mississippi State Department of Health. The effort launched recently following the illnesses of two transplant recipients who received organs from the same donor. Both of those patients are now critically ill.
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