Kidney Transplantation
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In March, a patient at the Cleveland Clinic became the first in the US to receive a robot-assisted dual kidney transplant. Are kidneys from donors who had dialysis more likely to result in adverse outcomes for transplant recipients? OPTN will remove race and hepatitis C status from the KDPI, the formula that estimates donor kidney quality. A study examined whether donors have a higher risk of hypertension than nondonors in the first 7 years after kidney donation. Xiaoxi Wei of X-Therma spoke about her company's preservation platform and how it can change organ transplantation. Investigational cellular product MDR-101 produced immune tolerance in kidney transplant recipients. PASC symptoms were common in solid organ transplant recipients during the Omicron period, but some patients had lower odds. Consent for donor kidneys with lower expected survival varies but consent results in a higher likelihood of transplantation. Researchers compared results from an AI model to predict kidney transplant rejection risk by histological diagnosis. Researchers examined whether eplet-based matching could lead to disparities in deceased donor kidney transplantation access. SARS-CoV2 T-cell responses are largely preserved despite T-cell depletion induction in kidney transplant. Increased gut permeability and reduced immunoregulatory metabolites may make AR in kidney transplant more likely. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has passed the Honor Our Living Donors Act. A team developed a decision tree to determine the impact of histopathology in kidney discard determinations. A Gal-KO xenothymokidney functioned in a brain-dead decedent for 2 months and AMR was treated successfully. Racial and ethnic segregation in neighborhoods affects access to living donor kidney transplantation. A study by Suphamai Bunnapradist and others found that dd-cfDNA is an early indicator of kidney transplant rejection. Collaboration between bariatric surgery and transplant teams could provide a path to transplant for morbidly obese patients. The second recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney had the organ removed and is back on dialysis. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed IOTA, a mandatory model to improve kidney transplant access.