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AST
Recommend your colleagues complete an AST membership application by April 1 so that they can receive discounted rates to The American Transplant Congress! For each member you recommend, your name will be entered to win an iPad or AST bucks. Winners will be announced during the AST Annual Business meeting during ATC, so we hope to see you there!
Visit www.myast.org/payitforward for rules and details.
Contact info@myAST.org with any questions.
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 program, the American Board of Internal Medicine 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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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
Check out AST's archived webinars and journal clubs, and watch educational content when it's convenient for you. AST also offers a variety of resources for different transplant specialties, all available on our easy-to-search website.
AST
There are APOL1 gene variants, principally within the black population, that confer additional risk of chronic kidney disease. This raises the ethical question of whether to test prospective donors for these variants, and whether the presence of such a deleterious genotype should preclude one from donating. In the latest AST blog, Past-President Ken Newell discusses a fantastic conference that the AST hosted on the biology and ethics surrounding APOL1 gene variants and organ donation.
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AST
March 15, 2016 | 2 p.m. EST | Online activity
For more information: https://www.myast.org/education/webinars/t3
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
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New England Journal of Medicine
A report from a high-volume single center indicated a survival benefit of receiving a kidney transplant from an HLA-incompatible live donor as compared with remaining on the waiting list, whether or not a kidney from a deceased donor was received. The generalizability of that finding is unclear.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Although antibodies against the programmed death 1 (PD-1) receptor and one of its ligands (PD-L1) have produced tumor regressions in multiple cancer types, these therapies are untested in patients treated with long-term immunosuppressive medications. Here, we report a case in which PD-1 antibody was administered to a solid-organ transplant recipient with metastatic cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma.
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Pediatric Transplantation
The health benefits of PA are well established for healthy and chronically ill children. This study objectively measures physical fitness and PA levels in children PLT and explores potential correlates and perceived barriers impacting their PA. A total of 23 children (16 females, mean 14.01 plus or minus 2.49 years) greater than 1 year PLT were assessed for peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak), muscle strength, endurance, and flexibility.
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American Journal of Transplantation
The number of donor organs suitable for liver transplantation is restricted by cold preservation and ischemia–reperfusion injury. We present the first patients transplanted using a normothermic machine perfusion device that transports and stores an organ in a fully functioning state at 37°C. In this Phase 1 trial, organs were retrieved using standard techniques, attached to the perfusion device at the donor hospital, and transported to the implanting center in a functioning state.
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American Journal of Transplantation
The National Organ Transplant Act stipulates that deceased donor organs should be justly and wisely allocated based on sound medical criteria. Allocation schemes are consistent across the country, and specific policies are publicly vetted. Patient selection criteria are largely in the hands of individual organ transplant programs, and consistent standards are less evident. This has been particularly apparent for patients with developmental disabilities (DDs).
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Seminars in Dialysis
As medical advances are made in the care of persons with chronic illnesses including those with end-stage renal disease, patients are not only experiencing increasing life expectancy but also bearing the burden of illness and treatment for a longer duration of time. With this in mind, it is increasingly important for health care providers to pay close attention to their individual patient's perceptions of their health, fitness, life satisfaction, and well-being.
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