http://www.pennmedicine.org/news The latest news about transplant medicine and surgery from Penn Medicine - the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Health System. en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rachel.ewing@uphs.upenn.edu (Rachel Ewing) 2009, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania http://www.pennhealth.com/images/pennmedicine_logo.jpg http://www.pennmedicine.org/news Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found an association between the genetics of donor-recipient matches in kidney transplants and complications during the first week after transplantation. The team, led by Malek Kamoun MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Director of the Clinical Immunology and Histocompatibility Laboratory, and Harold Feldman MD, MSCE, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, has shown that small differences in the building blocks of cell-surface proteins used to match donors and recipients for deceased-donor kidney transplantation was associated with an increased risk for delayed allograft function, or DGF. http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2008/11/genetic-match-transplant.html Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT PENN Medicine announced today the creation of the Clyde F. Barker Transplant House, a 'home away from home' designed to help ease the unique economic and emotional stresses of transplant families. Modeled after the Ronald McDonald Houses and named for the physician who performed the first kidney transplant at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, the Barker Transplant House will be located at 3940 Spruce Street on Penn's campus and will offer comfortable, convenient accommodations in a supportive community setting - all at a nominal cost. http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2008/11/transplant-house-dedication.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine physicians and bioethicists are calling for a new, more standardized way for patients in need of organ transplants to be informed of the risks they face. If adopted, their policy recommendations could promote greater equity in how organs are allocated while restricting patients’ abilities to “cherry-pick” the best organs. http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/2008/06/organ-transplant-risk-disclosure.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT A 46-year-old former fitness instructor, suffering from biventricular end-stage heart failure and in irreversible cardiogenic shock, became the first to receive a new temporary Total Artificial Heart in the Northeast U.S. The artificial heart was implanted by cardiac surgeons at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. The patient later received a donor heart. http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/feb07/temporary-total-artificial-heart-release.html Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT Members of the media are invited to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) for the first annual Delaware Valley Health Council Gift of Life Award presentation. The award was established last year to recognize a hospital for excellence in family care and outstanding rates of organ donation. http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/jan07/gift-of-life-award.htm Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine have found that heart transplant patients who receive a donor heart from a person with hepatitis C (HCV) have a lower rate of survival. Corresponding Author Leanne Gasink, MD, MSCE, of the University of Pennsylvania's Division of Infectious Disease and colleagues report their findings in the October 17th issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news/News_Releases/oct06/hepc.htm Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT