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National Kidney Foundation Honors CareDx with Corporate Citizenship Award for its Commitment to the Transplant Community

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April 6, 2023

National Kidney Foundation Honors CareDx with Corporate Citizenship Award for its Commitment to the Transplant Community

BRISBANE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA), a leading precision medicine company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers – today announced that the National Kidney Foundation honored CareDx with a corporate citizenship award during its 41st Annual Kidney Ball held on March 31, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Read the entire press release at CareDx.com.

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Healthy plant-based diets lower risks for mortality, major chronic conditions

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Middle-aged adults with greater adherence to a healthful plant-based diet had significantly lower risks for CVD, cancer and mortality than those who had lower adherence, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Alysha S. Thompson, MSci, a PhD researcher at Queen’s University Belfast, and colleagues wrote that, for both health and environmental reasons, plant-based diets have recently gained popularity. Read the full article in Healio.

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CareDx and Miromatrix Announce Exclusive Partnership to Advance Research Using Bioengineered Organs for Human Transplantation

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April 5, 2023

CareDx Exclusive Provider of dd-cfDNA Testing Services for Use in Miromatrix Clinical Trials

Companies at Forefront of Alternative Organ Supply Research to Address Organ Shortage

BRISBANE, Calif. & EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CareDx, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNA) and Miromatrix Medical Inc. (“Miromatrix”) (Nasdaq: MIRO) – today announced an exclusive partnership aimed at advancing the next wave of innovation using fully transplantable human bioengineered organs.
Read the complete press release on CareDx.com.

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Lung abnormalities persist in some patients 2 years after COVID-19 infection

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By Isabella Hornick
Thirty-nine percent of patients who suffered a COVID-19 infection had interstitial lung abnormalities 2 years following the illness, according to study results published in Radiology.

“At 2-year follow-up, interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) or fibrotic ILAs were associated with persistent respiratory symptoms and decreased diffusion function,” Xiaoyu Han, MD, PhD, of the department of radiology at Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, and colleagues wrote. Read more in Healio.

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From Patient to Doctor: How a Transplant Recipient Became a Transplant Physician

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Sara Kathryn Smith — the medical director of pediatric liver transplantation at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, brings a unique insight and perspective to the job, as a transplant recipient herself


Newswise — At age 17, Sara Kathryn Smith began an unexpected, personal health journey — a journey that would alter the course of her life and career and, ultimately, provide her a unique set of experiences to help others as a medical professional. Today, Smith serves as the medical director for pediatric liver transplantation at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. But years ago, she was a liver transplant patient herself. 

Her liver troubles began one evening during her junior year of high school — Smith had a pain in her stomach and threw up blood the following morning. Read the full story from Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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Mental Health Care Goes Beyond Just the Patient

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— Working with family members is one way to bolster quality of care

By Tomi Mitchell, MD
I believe that mental health care is one of the most underrated areas in healthcare. Mental illness is an epidemic plaguing virtually every corner of the world. While great strides have been made in identifying and treating mental disorders, particularly in wealthier countries, many people remain without adequate care for their conditions.
Read the full article in MedPage Today.

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FDA proposes rule to allow salt substitutes in standardized foods

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The FDA has proposed a rule that would allow the use of “safe and suitable salt substitutes” in standardized foods, providing manufacturers with greater flexibility for reducing sodium content.

According to the agency, standardized foods are those with “standards of identity” (SOI), which list the required and optional ingredients of certain foods. SOIs may also describe the proportion of ingredients and “prescribe a method of production or formulation,” according to the FDA. Read more in Healio.

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Double Lung Transplants May Be Rare, but They Just Saved Two Lives

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Both recipients had Stage IV lung cancer and were given only weeks to live. Here’s why double lung transplants are so uncommon.

By Laura Schmidt
The stars aligned for two people with Stage IV lung cancer who received lifesaving double lung transplants after being told they had just weeks to live, CNN reports.

Albert Khoury, 54, of Chicago, was diagnosed with Stage I lung cancer in 2020 near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. By July 2020, the cancer had reached Stage IV. He was told to consider all his options, including hospice care. Read more from Cancer Health.

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Friends shorten kidney patients’ long waits for transplants to mere months by donating organs

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Good news story: Two organ transplant patients reveal how others stepped up for them

By Amy McGorry
As many as nine in 10 adults with chronic kidney disease do not know they have it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s an important fact to know during March — National Kidney Month — and all throughout the year.

By the time kidney disease is detected, it is usually in the advanced stages — which means a patient may need dialysis several times a week. Read and watch the story on Fox News.

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Women more likely than men to have mood disorder, PTSD after cardiac arrest

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By Erik Swain
Among cardiac arrest survivors, women were more likely to report anxiety, depressive symptoms and PTSD than men, researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology’s Acute Cardiovascular Care congress.

“Cardiac arrest occurs with little or no warning and it’s common to feel anxious and low afterwards,” Jesper Kjaergaard, MD, PhD, DMSc, consultant cardiologist at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark, said in a press release.  Read more in Healio.

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