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NO GUARANTEE WITH THIS ORGAN
Any donated human organ or tissue may harbor an unwanted, undiscovered or unrecognized infection, malignancy or other disease. With the transplant, irregardless of the best intentions and most up to...
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KIDNEY TRIAGE BECOMING MORE SEVERE
Acknowledging reality, the Board of Directors of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) accepted recommended changes to the allocation policy for deceased donor kidneys throughout the U.S. at its...
View ArticleFACE + HAND TRANSPLANTS : NEW NAME, NEW REGULATORY NICHE
Clinical transplantation has moved forward in leaps and bounds, surpassing the speed of the U.S. government in addressing regulatory standards for new transplant types. This is neither an irrelevant...
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AMERICAN LEGISLATORS SLOWLY JOINING THE IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUG COVERAGE EFFORT
U.S. congressional efforts are slowly in process, seeking to close the ridiculous catch-22 that ensnares kidney transplant recipients 36 months after transplantation. This bureaucratic trap halts...
View ArticleTRANSPLANT JARGON EXPLAINED
A GLOSSARY OF TRANSPLANT TERMINOLOGY allocation – algorithm for distribution of a deceased donor organ allograft – a donor organ from a non-identical member of the same species (e.g., parent to child)...
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EVEN MORE HOPE !
An earlier post on June 19, 2013 delved deeply into the rationale behind the HOPE Legislation currently in the U.S. Congress to permit cautious exploration of the use of HIV +ve donor organs for...
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WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO DICK CHENEY?
Time can fly, especially for transplant recipients. Remember the buzz and controversy surrounding former Vice President Richard Cheney’s heart transplant on March 24, 2012 at the age of 71? That news...
View ArticleA WHOLE LOTTA HOPE
After an organized, well fought, and fully bi-partisan effort, the HOPE (HIV Organ Policy Equity) Act became U.S. law, signed by President Obama on November 21, 2013. This new legislation removes the...
View ArticleHalf A Million – What An Accomplishment!
More than 500,000 organ transplants have been performed in the United States since October 1987, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) website on May 19, 2015. To put this bland...
View ArticleHAPPILY EVER AFTER FOR THE PRINCE WITH A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
A fascinating story has just been brought to light by the local Swedish business newspaper, Dagens industri. The Swedish royal family includes an organ transplant recipient! Prince Daniel, the husband...
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