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Progress towards solving the donor organ shortage

Kidney transplantation is the best therapy for kidney failure, but is limited by donor organ availability and the risks associated with immunosuppression. Studies in 2022 provided encouraging data about the outcomes of COVID-19 among transplant recipients, the effects of changes to organ allocation...

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Autores principales: Anderson, Douglas J., Locke, Jayme E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9734397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36474115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41581-022-00664-y
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description Kidney transplantation is the best therapy for kidney failure, but is limited by donor organ availability and the risks associated with immunosuppression. Studies in 2022 provided encouraging data about the outcomes of COVID-19 among transplant recipients, the effects of changes to organ allocation policy in the US and progress in xenotransplantation, raising hope that the organ shortage can be solved.
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spelling pubmed-97343972022-12-12 Progress towards solving the donor organ shortage Anderson, Douglas J. Locke, Jayme E. Nat Rev Nephrol Year in Review Kidney transplantation is the best therapy for kidney failure, but is limited by donor organ availability and the risks associated with immunosuppression. Studies in 2022 provided encouraging data about the outcomes of COVID-19 among transplant recipients, the effects of changes to organ allocation policy in the US and progress in xenotransplantation, raising hope that the organ shortage can be solved. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-12-06 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9734397/ /pubmed/36474115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41581-022-00664-y Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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