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Join thousands of transplant professionals at this year’s American Transplant Congress (ATC), June 1-5, 2019, in Boston, MA. From cutting-edge science that’s transforming the field, to in-depth workshops and hot topic sessions, the ATC is quickly becoming the most recognized transplant Congress in the world. READ MORE
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The Community of Practice Committee Election results are now available. To see the winners of this election, click here.
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Visit the AST Member Spotlight page to read about Katherine Twombley's personal connection to transplantation as well as the many jobs she learned from before medical school.
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The AST Board of Directors election is now open. If you are an eligible member of the AST, check your email for information on how to vote. More information about the nominees can be found here.
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As an AST member, access to free or discounted educational resources are included in your membership. These diverse educational resources offer materials relevant to the transplant professional in every stage of their career – from basic trainee lessons to webinars on specialized topics. Learn More
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The Transplant Nephrology Core Curriculum (TNCC) is an online program jointly provided by the American Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Transplantation. The TNCC focuses on key information needed to prepare for the American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology Board Certification and Maintenance of Certification examinations.
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Transplant professionals have increasing demands on their time. Finding time in one's day to attend conferences or to read journals is challenging. Transplant in 10 is intended to provide transplant professionals with short, easily accessible videos on key and updated topics in 10 minutes.
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Hepatitis B and C virus infections transmitted through organ transplantation investigated by CDC, United States, 2014-2017
May 21, 2019 | 2 pm ET | Online Activity
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After participating in this webinar, the learner will be able to:
1. Describe the incidence and clinical impact of respiratory viruses (RVs) in lung transplant recipients (LTR).
2. Explain the evidence linking RVI to chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD).
3. List currently available and promising investigational therapies for: RSV, Influenza, and PIV.
4. Discuss prevention strategies.
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The New England Journal of Medicine
Hearts and lungs from donors with hepatitis C viremia are typically not transplanted. The advent of direct-acting antiviral agents to treat hepatitis C virus infection has raised the possibility of substantially increasing the donor organ pool by enabling the transplantation of hearts and lungs from HCV-infected donors into recipients who do not have HCV infection.
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American Journal of Transplantation via Wiley Online Library
Under US Public Health Service guidelines, organ donors with risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, or hepatitis C virus are categorized as increased risk donors. Previous studies have suggested that IRD organs are utilized at lower rates than organs from standard risk donors, but these studies were conducted prior to universal donor nucleic acid test screening.
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American Journal of Transplantation via Wiley Online Library
We evaluated clinical outcomes among organ recipients with donor‐derived hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infections investigated by CDC from 2014 to 2017 in the United States. We characterized new HBV infections in organ recipients if donors tested negative for total anti‐HBc, HBsAg and HBV DNA, and new recipient HCV infections if donors tested negative for anti‐HCV and HCV RNA.
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American Journal of Transplantation via Wiley Online Library
Cytomegalovirus is an immunomodulatory virus that indirectly increases the risk for bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. However, the pathogenesis of this phenomenon is poorly understood. We determined whether inflammatory responses to different Toll‐like receptor ligands are blunted during CMV infection in solid‐organ transplant patients.
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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
There has been a dramatic increase in the use of adult continuous-flow ventricular assist device support in children. Despite the enthusiasm for the use of adult cfVADs in children, it is becoming clear that the benefits of cfVAD support may not be uniform across all age groups due to the deleterious impact of patient-device size mismatch. The unmet need for a cfVAD specifically designed for the pediatric population has long been recognized, and it was the primary motivation for the U.S.
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