The AST supports the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations that all individuals older than 6 months of age who do not have contraindications to vaccination, including those with immunocompromising conditions (including organ transplant candidates and recipients) receive a routine annual influenza vaccination. Please be aware that this recommendation applies to the general public and is especially important for health care workers and household contacts. Check out our website to view our statement and flu shot flyer.
Transplantation was founded on the spirit of innovation and experimentation. The AST created the Innovation Award to honor an individual or team whose big ideas and outside the box thinking has made a significant impact on transplantation. The award is designed to showcase successes in transplant innovation and to drive, recognize, and reward novel ideas.
The AST Research Network is offering an on-demand webinar on research grant writing. This 1-hour workshop shares tips on how to write a successful grant application from two experienced grant reviewers.
Explore some of the many factors that can put a graft at risk, including CYP3A5*1 expression, declining adherence, and nephrotoxicity. In addition, review pharmacokinetic and clinical data that may be relevant to your practice and patients.
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In the interest of facilitating patient care and advancing science and ensuring that accurate knowledge and experience is available to all during this current time of crisis, AJT has been expediting review of all papers dealing with COVID-19, as well as making them free to access for all.
The AST Research Network is now accepting applications for its annual career development grants cycle! The purpose of these grants is to foster the training of early career investigators who have the potential to contribute to transplant science/immunobiology and/or treatment of transplant recipients. The grants encourage continued commitment of high-quality applicants to their careers in transplantation. Applications are accepted in basic, clinical, and translational research.
Recently, the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network approved a plan to allocate kidneys within 250‐nm circles around donor hospitals. These homogeneous circles might not substantially reduce geographic differences in transplant rates because deceased donor kidney supply and demand differ across the country.
Over the long-term, graft survival may be impacted by factors such as declining adherence, which may be affected by complex dosing regimens and neurotoxicities. Studies show a direct correlation between rejection losses and nonadherence, which is also proven to increase over time. Review 2-year published data and see the results achieved at 2 years in de novo kidney transplant patients.
Liver transplantation (LT) in young patients is being performed with greater frequency. We hypothesized that objective analysis of pre‐, intra‐, and postoperative events would help understand contributors to successful outcomes and guide transplant decision processes. We queried SPLIT registry for pediatric transplants between 2011 and 2018.
Peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) remains low after lung transplantation (LTx). We evaluated the effect of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on VO2peak, muscular strength, health-related quality of life (HRQOL), pulmonary function, and physical function after LTx.
Labs@HOME is a mobile phlebotomy in-home blood draw service to aid in specimen collection directly from a patient's home. Clinicians can order and customize a number of infectious disease and transplant-relatedtesting remotely
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Ischemia‐reperfusion injury (IRI) is believed to contribute to graft dysfunction after liver transplantation (LT). However, studies on IRI and the impact of early allograft dysfunction (EAD) in IRI grafts are limited. Histological IRI was graded in 506 grafts from patients who had undergone LT and classified based on IRI severity (no, minimal, mild, moderate, and severe).
Donor smoking histories are common in the lung donor pool, which are known to adversely affect post–lung transplant (LTx) outcomes. However, no evidence is available about smoking status (current/former), cumulative dose effect, or the combined effect of tobacco with marijuana.
