Changes to Liver Transplant Policy Increased Costs in Vulnerable Areas Hospital costs increased 12% in low-income areas vs 5.1% in high-income areas May 29, 2024
Houston Transplant Scandal: Families of Patients Who Died Begin Legal Action Surgeon has been accused of manipulating waitlist, making his patients ineligible for new livers Apr 25, 2024
Alcohol-Associated Cirrhosis and Death Are on the Rise: Here's How We Can Help Reducing stigma, increasing public awareness, and policy change are key Mar 18, 2024
Do Organ Transplants Cause Personality Changes? Anecdotal evidence suggests a real possibility, but more research is needed Feb 22, 2024
Stigmatizing Language Common on Liver Transplant Websites Researchers searched for terms including "alcoholic," "alcoholism," and "alcohol abuse" Feb 08, 2024
First-Ever Experiment Shows How Pigs Could One Day Help Liver Failure Patients Penn surgeons externally attached gene-edited pig liver to brain-dead human Jan 19, 2024
Mahvash Disease Case Resolved With Liver Transplantation Rare disease should be part of the differential in the presence of massive pancreaticomegaly Nov 22, 2023
Emergency Liver Transplant Effective for Severe Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure 1-year survival reached 78% for patients who received an emergency transplant Nov 14, 2023
AKI Response Tied to Improved Survival for Patients Waiting on Liver Transplant Results highlight the importance of prompt recognition and treatment of acute kidney injury Nov 13, 2023
MASLD Predicted to Increase by 23% by Middle of the Century AASLD president: "No way we are going to be able to transplant our way out of this" Nov 12, 2023
Experts Demand Overhaul of Organ Transplant System During Senate Hearing Patient representative has "zero confidence" in change if UNOS remains involved Jul 21, 2023
Statins Linked to Slower Liver Disease Progression Risk 40% lower with use among those with preexisting liver disease, study found May 04, 2023
Transplant Chief Was an Organ Recipient Herself Years ago, she had a liver transplant. Now she leads Hopkins' pediatric liver transplant program Apr 19, 2023
Monopoly Be Gone: A New Chapter in U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation A recent announcement from HHS has the power to transform our deeply flawed system Apr 04, 2023
Smaller Liver Transplant Candidates Wait Longer, Less Likely to Receive Organ Disparity mostly affects women, but allocating more livers from smaller donors may help Mar 29, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Plan to Overhaul the Organ Transplant System Steps include making contracting more competitive and publishing donation data Mar 22, 2023
FDA Mandate on Acetaminophen-Opioid Combinations Appeared Effective Hospitalizations for liver toxicity declined after FDA limited acetaminophen dose Mar 07, 2023
Vitamin B3 Doesn't Cut Skin Cancer Risk After Organ Transplant Randomized study finds no benefit with 12 months of nicotinamide versus placebo Mar 01, 2023
Epstein-Barr Virus Tracking After Liver Transplant May Cut Rare Complication Observational study provides suggestive evidence Jan 17, 2023
After Major Motorcycle Rallies, More Organs Available for Donation Study estimated 21% more organ donors, 26% more transplant recipients per day during rallies Nov 28, 2022
Steroids and G-CSF Boost 90-Day Survival in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Plus: Normothermic machine perfusion for liver transplants and Noom Weight for NASH Nov 11, 2022
Maralixibat Takes Out the Itch of Rare Liver Disease Ileal bile acid transporter inhibitor could become second drug for PFIC Nov 09, 2022
BP Control Beneficial for Liver Transplant Recipients Patients who kept their blood pressure under 140/90 mm Hg had better kidney function at 1 year Nov 07, 2022
Low Carb Diet Boosts Weight Loss for Liver Transplant Recipients With Obesity LCD also positively impacted patients' metabophenotype Nov 06, 2022
New HRS Drug Cuts Need for Renal Replacement Tx After Liver Transplant Follow-up data from CONFIRM trial show terlipressin benefit in key subgroup Oct 25, 2022
No Brain Death? No Problem. New Organ Transplant Protocol Stirs Debate. Is it ethical to pull the plug in patients who aren't brain dead, then restart their hearts? Sep 28, 2022
Obeticholic Acid Tied to Better Outcomes in Primary Biliary Cholangitis Study comparing randomized trial with two external cohorts showed fewer deaths, transplants Sep 22, 2022
Low MELD Score No Barrier to Long Survival After Living-Donor Transplant End-stage liver disease patients with scores as low as 11 achieved survival of 13 years or beyond Aug 03, 2022
Liver Preserved for 3 Days With Machine Perfusion Successfully Transplanted Patient healthy and leading normal life at 1 year Jun 01, 2022
MELD Scoring for Liver Transplants in Need of Sex Adjustment, Study Says Researchers find "pervasive sex differences" in sodium-adjusted MELD scoring system May 18, 2022
Living Donor Transplant Promising for CRC With Liver-Only Metastases In small study, researchers see "encouraging" survival outcomes Mar 30, 2022
In Cirrhosis, Less Activity Equals Worse Outcomes The lower the daily step count, the higher the risk of hospitalization and death Mar 23, 2022
EHR 'Nudge' Linked to Fewer C. Diff Tests for Organ Transplant Recipients The program also led to fewer days of antibiotics and cost savings Mar 07, 2022
Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis Post-Liver Transplant: What Are the Risks? Probability of recurrent disease more than doubled from 5 to 20 years later Feb 09, 2022
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 Jan 14, 2022
Did HIV Status Affect Transplant Patients' Long-Term Outcomes? Study argues liver, kidney transplantation is a viable option for patients with HIV Jan 06, 2022
Machine Perfusion Cuts Early Graft Dysfunction in Liver Transplantation Fewer ischemic biliary complications with portable normothermic perfusion system as well Jan 05, 2022
Is Weight Protective for NAFLD Patients Undergoing Transplant? UNOS data showed differences in waitlist removal, all-cause mortality based on obesity status Nov 18, 2021
Need for Liver Transplants Rising Sharply in Seniors Post-transplant mortality still higher versus younger patients, but improving over time Nov 17, 2021
