by Bruce Sylvester – While early stem cell transplantation in patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma does not improve overall survival in intermediate/high-risk patients, early transplantation appears to be… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Diflunisal, a generic anti-inflammatory drug, appears to reduce neurological decline and preserve quality-of-life in patients with familial transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR).
Bernhard Banas, Regensburg, Germany – Prolonged-release tacrolimus administered once-daily provides high rates of graft survival and reduction in biopsy-confirmed acute rejection (BCAR), with a manageable tolerability profile, in patients… read more.
by Pavel Trunečka, Prague, Czech Republic – Starting on a low dose of prolonged-release, once-daily tacrolimus after liver transplantation achieved better renal function and a significantly lower risk… read more.
Re-transplantation is the only option available for salvaging a failed abdominal graft. As the outcomes after primary transplantations continue to improve, even with the increasing use of extended-criteria… read more.
Heinrich Schima, Vienna, Austria – In the last decades, ventricular-assist devices (VADs) – artificial hearts – have gone from pioneering experiments to offering a real alternative to heart… read more.
Invasive microbial infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in organ transplantation patients. The satellite symposia sponsored by Astellas Pharma at ESOT 2013 discussed the challenge… read more.
by Peter Friend, Oxford, UK – The 16th ESOT Congress in Vienna 2013 was one of ESOT’s most comprehensive arrangements to date, with more than 3,500 attendees and… read more.
Randall Morris, San Francisco, USA – Failure to make therapeutic progress is a real challenge in the transplantation field. On the face of it, the goals set up… read more.
Richard Trompeter, London, UK; Jo Wray, London, UK; Lorraine Bell, Montreal, Canada – The transition from paediatric to adult transplantation services is a major challenge for adolescent transplant… read more.
Richard Trompeter, London, UK; Jo Wray, London, UK; Lorraine Bell, Montreal, Canada – The transition from paediatric to adult transplantation services is a major challenge for adolescent transplant… read more.
Andreas Tzakis , Weston, USA – Advances in vascular reconstruction techniques in recent years has transformed the concept of multi-visceral or cluster transplantations from the very forefront of… read more.
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