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Rice University via Medical Xpress
Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3-D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues. The new innovation allows scientists to create exquisitely entangled vascular networks that mimic the body's natural passageways for blood, air, lymph and other vital fluids.
The research is featured on the cover of the week of April 29's issue of Science. It includes a visually stunning proof-of-principle—a hydrogel model of a lung-mimicking air sac in which airways deliver oxygen to surrounding blood vessels.
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American Association for Thoracic Surgery via EurekAlert!
A new study, presented May 5 at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery's 99th Annual Meeting, shows that a potential treatment for ischemia- reperfusion injury is safe for humans. Building upon three decades of preclinical animal studies, this NIH-funded trial demonstrated, for the first time, the safety of Regadenoson (an adenosine 2A receptor agonist) in human lung transplant patients.
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American Journal of Transplantation via Wiley Online Library
Solid organ transplant recipients have an approximately two‐fold greater risk of developing and dying from a malignancy compared to the general population. Among the gynecologic cancers, including uterine, cervical, vaginal, vulvar, and ovarian, the HPV‐related cancers are known to increase among women posttransplant compared to women in the general population, but less is known about the risk of uterine and ovarian cancers.
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WWBT-TV
A new type of robotic surgery is a milestone in kidney transplantation, and VCU Hume-Lee Transplant Center says Dr. Chandra Bhati is the first on the East Coast to perform it.
William “Woody” Johnson is among the first few patients to have robotic-assisted transplantation. Dr. Bhati performed both operations on the donor, Joanne Wiley, and Johnson, using a robot.
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Contagion Live
Solid organ transplants have grown with medical technology and advanced beyond just kidney and liver. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network has reported on not only the variety of solid organ transplants, but also those less conventional, such as uterus, larynx, and face. But beyond the basic supply-and-demand challenges associated with SOT, there are, of course, also the inherent risks to the recipient, namely infection.
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American Journal of Transplantation via Wiley Online Library
Abdominal organ transplantation faces several challenges: burnout, limited pipeline of future surgeons, changes in liver allocation potentially impacting organ procurement travel, and travel safety. The organ procurement center model may be one way to mitigate these issues.
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Healio
When treating adults with diabetes and liver disease who are being evaluated for transplant, HbA1c should not be used to determine blood glucose level, according to findings published in Diabetic Medicine.
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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Pulmonary cuff dysfunction, either due to pulmonary vein obstruction, pulmonary vein stenosis, or pulmonary vein thrombosis, is an uncommon, yet serious complication after lung transplantation. Although there have been numerous reports of its occurrence, there is little consensus regarding the hemodynamic parameters associated with its presentation and diagnostic considerations.
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