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News Articles: organ transplant

The Morehouse School of Medicine building is seen on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Atlanta. A new initiative aimed at increasing the number of Black Americans registered as organ donors and combating disparities among transplant recipients was announced Thursday by a coalition that includes the four medical schools at the nation's historically Black colleges and universities.

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HBCU medical schools to tackle organ transplant disparities

A coalition including the four medical schools at the nation's historically Black colleges and universities has announced a new initiative aimed at increasing the number of Black Americans registered as organ donors and combating disparities among transplant recipients.

May 06, 2022
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A computer-enhanced image of the HIV virus.

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Protecting The Immuno-Compromised Against COVID Could Be Key To Ending The Pandemic

Vaccines may not be as effective for those who are immuno-compromised. Protecting them needs to be made a top priority, says researchers — to keep them safe and to slow the emergence of variants.

June 28, 2021
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  • Nurith Aizenman
Giving people with organ transplants a third dose of the mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 appears to boost their immunity, according to a new study.

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A 3rd Dose Of COVID Vaccines May Boost Immunity For Transplant Recipients

The COVID vaccines haven't proved very effective for people living with organ transplants. But getting a third dose of the mRNA vaccines gave a big bump in antibody levels in a new study.

June 15, 2021
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  • Maria Godoy
Even after full vaccination against COVID-19, people who have had organ transplants are urged by their doctors to keep wearing masks and taking extra precautions. Research shows the strong drugs they must take to prevent organ rejection can significantly blunt their body's response to the vaccine.

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Vaccination Against COVID 'Does Not Mean Immunity' For People With Organ Transplants

For most people, COVID-19 vaccines promise a return to something akin to normal life. But for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have a transplanted organ, it's a different story.

May 07, 2021
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  • Maria Godoy
Using fluorescent antibody-based stains and advanced microscopy, researchers are able to visualize cells of different species origins in an early stage chimeric embryo. The red color indicates the cells of human origin.

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Scientists Create Early Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monkey

An international team has put human cells into monkey embryos in hopes of finding new ways to produce organs for transplantation. But some ethicists still worry about how such research could go wrong.

April 15, 2021
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  • Rob Stein
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Organ Donation Nonprofits Face New Scrutiny Under Trump Administration Rules

Health officials are changing how they assess the regional nonprofits that find organs to transplant. The goal is to understand, and eventually fix, the geographic disparities in organ availability.

December 29, 2020
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  • Blake Farmer
An American flag flies outside the Houston Methodist Hospital at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) campus in Houston, Texas.

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Opinion: Kidney Transplant Chain Is A Touching Act of Kindness

A five-way kidney swap was a chain of selfless kindness that allowed several people to help their loved ones and others.

October 31, 2020
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  • Scott Simon

The Medical Minute 4/13/19 - Beware The Killer T-Cells

In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University,...

April 24, 2020
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  • Drew Dawson
Dr. Bhargav Mistry (right), a transplant surgeon for Sanford Health, prepares Sgt. Francisco Raatz's healthy kidney for transplant into his battle buddy, Spc. John Chase, on Sept. 27, 2011, at Sanford Health in Fargo, N.D.

Overdose Victims Are Donors Of 1 In 8 Transplanted Organs

A new study from Johns Hopkins University finds that 1 in 8 organ transplants in the United States involves organs from someone who died of a drug...

May 02, 2018
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  • Maura Currie and
  • Adam Ragusea

On Second Thought For Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Last month, investigators in Atlanta recovered about 500 pounds of methamphetamine hidden inside Disney figurines. That's worth about $2 million. Drug...

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