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Kidney, heart transplant ‘years ahead of’ LT in development, implementation of biomarkers

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Although the development and use of biomarkers in liver transplantation has progressed in recent years, challenges and limitations remain, according to presenters at the American Transplant Congress 2022.

Thomas D. Schiano, MD, professor of medicine and liver diseases at Mount Sinai in New York, told attendees that among transplant patients, biomarkers should monitor short- and long-term graft function, predict acute and chronic disease development, assess donor organ quality or monitor response to therapeutic intervention. Further, biomarkers should have external validation. Read the full article in Healio.

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World’s first: Doctors successfully transplant human liver treated in a machine

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Organ transplantation is a very complicated medical procedure. The organ has to be compatible with the recipient, and the process also involves moving a live organ from donor person to recipient and maintaining the organ in working order until the surgery.

The traditional method of moving transplant organs involves storing them at a very low temperature. However, this process has a time limit and may damage organ tissues.
Read more in Medical News Today.

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Is Diabetes a Risk Factor for Long COVID? Possibly.

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— Mixed results in seven-study scoping review

The jury is still out as to whether diabetes is a risk factor for post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), a researcher reported.

In a scoping review of seven studies, three (43%) concluded that diabetes was indeed a “potent” risk factor for developing long COVID following infection, according to Jessica L. Harding, PhD, of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
Read more in MedPage Today.

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HBCU Medical Schools to Tackle Organ Transplant Disparities

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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.

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. Read more in U.S. News & World Report.

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Action needed to combat elevated risk for depression, suicide in diabetes

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NEW ORLEANS — Risks for depression and suicidal ideation are higher among people with vs. without diabetes, and cases of suicide are likely underreported, according to a presenter at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions.

Katharine Barnard-Kelly, PhD, chief science officer at Spotlight Consultations in Portsmouth, U.K., professor at the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and chair of the governing committee of the FDA Reducing Suicide Rates Among Individuals with Diabetes (RESCUE) Collaborative Community, said depression, suicidal ideation and self-harm are more common among people with diabetes than many people realize, affecting both men and women as well as all age groups. Read more in Healio here.

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Up to 1 in 4 adult survivors experience at least one long COVID symptom

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COVID-19 survivors face a significantly higher risk than control patients for developing conditions affecting major system of the body, according to a study of nearly 2 million patients.

For example, up to one-quarter of people who have had COVID-19 experience at least one symptom of long COVID, the most common of which are acute pulmonary embolism and respiratory symptoms, researchers reported Tuesday in MMWR. Read more in Healio.

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Living organ donations save lives. This is how you become a donor

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(CNN) Samira Jafari is at home now resting from a surgery that saved a life — not her own, but her colleague’s.

The deputy managing editor of CNN’s investigations unit answered the request for employees to be tested to find a donor for Senior UN Correspondent Richard Roth, who needed a kidney transplant, and found that her blood and tissue was a match.
Read the full story from CNN Health.

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