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AST
The AST is pleased to announce a new Resident/Student American Transplant Congress (ATC) Travel Award Program, targeted at residents and students who have expressed interest in obtaining more exposure to the field of transplantation before committing to training in transplantation.
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ABIM
As part of an effort to engage the medical community in enhancement of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is reaching out to all physicians board certified in nephrology for feedback on the MOC exam blueprint. The blueprint is the tool ABIM uses to design an exam to assure content appropriately covers the field.
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AST
March 15, 2016 | 2 p.m. EST | Online activity
For more information: https://www.myast.org/education/webinars/t3
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The UCLA Immunogenetics Center (UIC) provides comprehensive testing for organ and tissue transplantation. Transplant testing has a long history at UCLA. HLA typing was pioneered here in the 1960's. The development of the microcytoxicity test in 1964 marked the beginning of international testing and standardization of HLA typing. The UCLA Immunogenetics Center has retained its leadership position in HLA research, and in the development of accompanying diagnostic testing. MORE
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AST
June 11-15, 2016 | Boston, MA
For more information: http://atcmeeting.org/
The Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies
June 22-25, 2015 | Boston, MA
For more information: https://www.myast.org/meetings/focis-2016
American Journal of Transplantation
Donor alloantigen infusion induces T cell regulation and transplant tolerance in small animals. Here, we study donor splenocyte infusion in a large animal model of pulmonary transplantation. Major histocompatibility complex–mismatched single lung transplantation was performed in 28 minipigs followed by a 28-day course of methylprednisolone and tacrolimus. Some animals received a perioperative donor or third party splenocyte infusion, with or without low-dose irradiation (IRR) before surgery.
American Journal of Transplantation
Hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) is increasingly used in deceased donor kidney transplantation, but controversy exists regarding the value of perfusion biomarkers and pump parameters for assessing organ quality. We prospectively determined associations between perfusate biomarkers (neutrophil gelatinase–associated lipocalin [NGAL], kidney injury molecule 1, IL-18 and liver-type fatty acid–binding protein [L-FABP]) and pump parameters (resistance and flow) with outcomes of delayed graft function (DGF) and 6-mo estimated GFR (eGFR). DGF occurred in 230 of 671 (34 percent) recipients.
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PLOS
If you needed a kidney transplant, would anyone donate to you? For most people, the answer is "no." Millions of individuals are eligible to donate a kidney, but relatively few become donors. In the United States, there are 100,000 people on the waiting list for a kidney transplant who spend years hoping for an offer. Meanwhile, 6 percent die annually, patients and families suffer the daily hardships of dialysis, and Medicare spends billions of dollars per year on their care.
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Nephrology
The emerging need for biomarkers in the management of renal transplantation is highlighted by the severity of related complications such as acute renal failure and ischaemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) and by the increasing efforts to identify novel markers of these events to predict and monitor delayed graft function (DGF) and long-term outcome. In clinical studies candidate markers such as kidney injury molecule-1, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and interleukin-18 have been demonstrated to be valid biomarkers with high predictive value for DFG in a post-transplant setting.
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Transplantation
Donors at increased risk of transmitting viral infections are a potential source of transplantable organs. Studies demonstrate that organs from increased risk donors are associated with excellent outcomes. However, considerable variation in practice likely exists.
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