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Visit the AST Member Spotlight page to read about Anne Halpin's experience as the Early Career member of the Transplant Diagnostics COP Executive Committee.
Interested in being featured in the AST Member Spotlight? Please contact rpaulin@myast.org for more information. READ MORE
Join the American Society of Transplantation (AST), the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT), and The Transplantation Society (TTS) for the International Transplantation Science (ITS) meeting in Clearwater Beach, Florida. This meeting will provide in-depth, cutting-edge basic science with talks by leading experts in select topics in transplantation and immunology.
Early bird registration is now open. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with your colleagues at this intimate meeting.
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Like most non-profit organizations, the AST has many valuable relationships that contribute to its continued growth and sustainability. To give our partners the opportunity to showcase their current initiatives and news, the AST posted its June 2019 Partner's Blog.
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Now you can see the different ways that different formulations are released and absorbed in the gastrointestinal system. You’ll also have the opportunity to explore comparative pharmacokinetic results in rapid metabolizers, efficacy data over 2 years, and safety information.
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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
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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Explore this phase 3 randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, multicenter, multinational, non-inferiority trial published in the American Journal of Transplantation. The study examined treatment failures defined as BPAR, graft failure, death, and delayed graft function at 3 months and 12 months.
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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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A prospective multicenter observational study of cell‐mediated immunity as a predictor for cytomegalovirus infection in kidney transplant recipients
July 23, 2019 | 2 pm ET | Online Activity
In this article: Through a large, multicenter trial of kidney transplant recipients, the authors of the article show that an assessment of CMV‐specific immunity using a novel ELISPOT assay is able to predict protection from CMV infection.
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LWW Journals
More people who have personally consented to organ donation via First Person Authorization registration prior to death become organ donors than those not personally consenting. The majority of registrations occur at state-specific department of motor vehicle and licensing office where people register their vehicles and obtain drivers licenses.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Although research shows that minorities exhibit higher levels of medical mistrust, perceived racism, and discrimination in healthcare settings, the degree to which these underlying sociocultural factors preclude end‐stage renal disease patients from initiating kidney transplant evaluation is unknown.
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Sarcopenia is associated with mortality in cirrhosis but there is no gold standard for its diagnosis. The comparative utility of different diagnostic methods is unknown. This single centre observational cohort study followed 145 men referred for liver transplant evaluation between 2005 and 2012.
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LWW Journals
Using Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipient data, we studied a national cohort of all US adult, deceased brain dead donor, isolated livers available for transplantation from 2003 to 2016, including organ-specific and system-wide factors that may affect organ procurement and discard rates.
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Ovid
Organ transplantation is a risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection. After intestinal transplantation, few data are available on the impact of this graft infection and the possible induction of rejection. We included retrospectively all children after ITx in our unit, with at least one year of graft survival. All samples positive for Clostridium difficile and its toxin were considered.
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