News tagged with graft survival

Gene variation among kidney donors associated with graft failure

Among kidney transplant donors, variation of a gene that is an inhibitor of the development of fibrous connective tissue is significantly associated with an increased risk of graft failure, according to a study in the April ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Transplanted fatty livers associated with worse prognosis for patients with HCV

A new study suggests that patients with hepatitis C (HCV) who need a liver transplant should not receive an organ with high levels of fatty deposits (a.k.a. hepatic steatosis). HCV recurrence was more frequent and earlier ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0