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INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

<乌鸦传媒>Some Never Get COVID; Private Equity Targets Nurse Staffing Firms; $13K Donor Bill

This past week in healthcare investigations

CROI over a computer rendering of the immune system attacking the HIV virus

<乌鸦传媒>Third Person 'Cured' of HIV via Transplant

U.S. woman with leukemia gets cord blood resistant to HIV

A photo of a man displaying the scar from his liver transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis Post-Liver Transplant: What Are the Risks?

Probability of recurrent disease more than doubled from 5 to 20 years later

STS over a photo of a surgeon performing a thoracic operation using a fiber optic head-light.

<乌鸦传媒>Donor Hearts Can Withstand Longer Ischemic Times

Over 4 hours not inherently more dangerous, one group finds

A photo of a person holding up their COVID vaccination record card showing three doses.

<乌鸦传媒>CDC: Third Dose Guarded Immunocompromised From Severe COVID

High VE for both immunocompromised and immunocompetent adults during Delta

Surgeons in the operating room prepare donor lungs for a double lung transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>'Impressive' Survival for COVID Patients Undergoing Lung Transplant

Early registry data showed COVID cases accounted for 7% of lung transplants nationwide

A medical illustration of a pig with the skeleton and internal organs visible

<乌鸦传媒>Another Xeno First: Gene-Edited Pig Kidneys Transplanted to Deceased Person

Kidneys produced urine, but creatinine clearance didn't recover

A photo of Simon Bramhall wearing a suit in an operating room

<乌鸦传媒>Doc Who Branded His Initials in Patients' Livers Banned From Practice

U.K. transplant surgeon, Simon Bramhall, had pled guilty to two counts of assault back in 2017

A photo of surgeons performing liver transplant surgery

<乌鸦传媒>Did HIV Status Affect Transplant Patients' Long-Term Outcomes?

Study argues liver, kidney transplantation is a viable option for patients with HIV

A photo of the OrganOx liver perfusion device

<乌鸦传媒>Machine Perfusion Cuts Early Graft Dysfunction in Liver Transplantation

Fewer ischemic biliary complications with portable normothermic perfusion system as well

FDA APPROVED budesonide (Tarpeyo) over a computer rendering of a transparent body with the kidneys highlighted.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA OKs First Proteinuria Drug for IgA Nephropathy

Supporting trial found budesonide lowered proteinuria by 34% when added to a RAS inhibitor

A photo of surgeons performing a kidney transplant.

<乌鸦传媒>A Look at Pig Kidneys in the Broader Transplantation Puzzle

Advancements across the field are accelerating in real time

A computer rendering of the human heart with the right ventricle highlighted over an implanted left ventricular assist devic

<乌鸦传媒>The Right Ventricle Still Matters in LVAD Patients

Right heart failure signaled trouble ahead in the Intermacs registry

AASLD over a computer rendering of the structure of the liver.

<乌鸦传媒>Is Weight Protective for NAFLD Patients Undergoing Transplant?

UNOS data showed differences in waitlist removal, all-cause mortality based on obesity status

AASLD over a computer rendering of the structure of the liver.

<乌鸦传媒>Need for Liver Transplants Rising Sharply in Seniors

Post-transplant mortality still higher versus younger patients, but improving over time

AASLD over a computer rendering of the structure of the liver.

<乌鸦传媒>Simvastatin-Treated Liver Donors May Aid Transplant Patient Outcomes

Improved graft survival versus placebo in small randomized trial

AASLD over a computer rendering of the structure of the liver.

<乌鸦传媒>How Did the COVID Pandemic Affect Liver Transplant Outcomes?

There was an impact on patient survival rates, but researcher acknowledges several confounders

ASN over a computer rendering of a transparent torso with the kidneys highlighted in black.

<乌鸦传媒>Injectable PH1 Therapy Also Effective in Advanced CKD

Trial looked at patients with stages 3B through 5 chronic kidney disease

A young female prison inmate combs her hair in her cell.

<乌鸦传媒>Ethics Consult: Give New Heart to Woman on Death Row? MD/JD Weighs In

You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion

A young female prison inmate combs her hair in her cell.

<乌鸦传媒>Ethics Consult: Give Heart Transplant to Death Row Inmate?

You make the call

HFSA over a computer rendering of the heart and an atherosclerosis

<乌鸦传媒>With HVAD Out, Innovation Key to Mechanical Circulatory Support

A debate on where LVAD innovation stands

A close up of the hand of a Black man in a hospital bed.

<乌鸦传媒>Death Disparity in Black Liver Transplant Patients Warrants Action

The survival gap between Black and white patients has only gotten worse

HFSA over a computer rendering of the heart and an atherosclerosis

<乌鸦传媒>Transplant Docs Are Sticking With Invasive Biopsies After Heart Transplants

Agreement that non-invasive alternatives to EMB are not ready for routine rejection surveillance

A close up of the hand of a person receiving infusion therapy.

<乌鸦传媒>Life Expectancy Still Lower for Blood or Marrow Transplant Recipients

Although late mortality has decreased over the past 40 years

A computer rendering of a heart cross section with implanted left ventricular assist device

<乌鸦传媒>Some Reassurance on Cognition in People With Older LVADs

Will newer devices look even better for neurological outcomes?

A donor liver receives hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion prior to transplantation.

<乌鸦传媒>Can Liver Donor Biomarker Predict Liver Transplant Rejection?

Findings could support a patient-centered approach to liver transplantation, expert says

A computer rendering of a kidney in a stainless steel dish with surgical instruments.

<乌鸦传媒>Kidney Transplant Outcomes Improved Over Past Quarter-Century

Patient and graft survival rates have increased since 1996

A woman with a scar on her abdomen from liver transplant surgery.

<乌鸦传媒>Liver Transplant Sex Disparities Vanish With Living-Donor Access

Women who qualified for deceased donor organs had significantly worse MELD scores

An overhead view of a shot glass between a man鈥檚 clenched fists.

<乌鸦传媒>Time to Break the Abstinence Rule Before Liver Transplants?

Small study suggests alternative criteria to the "6-month rule" may be needed

A computer rendering of CAR T cells attacking cancer cells and releasing cytokines

<乌鸦传媒>Anti-CD7 CAR-T Therapy Yields High Response Rate in Acute Leukemia

Complete responses in 18 of 20 patients with relapsed/refractory T-cell ALL

A billboard with a mature cowboy in sunglasses and the words: TEX NEEDS A LIVER. PLEASE HELP!

<乌鸦传媒>Ethics Consult: Is Oil Tycoon's Billboard for Liver Donor Ethical? MD/JD Weighs In

You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion

A computer rendering of t-cells attacking a COVID-19 virus.

<乌鸦传媒>Call in the T-Cell Cavalry to Fight COVID in the Immunocompromised

Preliminary research suggests immunotherapy could play role in protecting vaccine non-responders

Photo of vials of the drug Shingrix.

<乌鸦传媒>Shingrix OK'd for Immunocompromised Adults

CDC's vaccine committee currently discussing vaccine for this population, manufacturer says

FDA APPROVED Tacrolimus (Prograf) over a computer rendering of a lung in a metal dish with surgical tools.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Breaks New Ground With Transplant Drug Approval

No prospective trial offered or required

FDA ADCOMM Transmedics OCS Liver over a photo of the device.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Panel Nearly Unanimous on Liver Transplant Perfusion Device

Thumbs up on safety and efficacy

A female professor at a medical college speaks in front of a classroom of students.

<乌鸦传媒>Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem

Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties

A computer rendering of hepatitis B viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>Some Liver Transplant Patients Got Hepatitis B From Donors

Injection drug use may be mostly to blame, researcher says

FDA SAFETY Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) products over a computer rendering of blood platelets and a bag of Hydroxyethyl starch

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Piles on New Warnings for Blood Volume Expanders

Hydroxyethyl starch products shouldn't be used for low blood volume unless no other options exist

X-ray and fluoroscopy images of primary sclerosing cholangitis

<乌鸦传媒>Cases of Rare Liver Complication Seen With Severe COVID-19

Higher prevalence of condition in COVID patients than influenza patients, researcher says

EASL over a computer rendering of a liver

<乌鸦传媒>Novel Liver Assist Device Safe for Patients With Cirrhosis

Small preliminary trial also shows hints of promising clinical results

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