BACKGROUND Transplantation is the treatment of choice for organ failure, but a worldwide shortage of suitable organs exists. We conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies that explored community attitudes towards living and deceased solid organ donation to inform strategies to improve organ donation rates. METHODS Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and EconLIT were searched. Qualitative stud...

Contact: [email protected] Fax: +81-78-306-3090 RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology Improved donor organ preservation method for transplantation July 1, 2015– Organ transplantation is an approach considered by medical specialists to replace an organ that can no longer carry out essential physiological functions. Despite many advancements in transplantation research, there are still se...

Availability of kidney transplantation is limited by an inadequate supply of organs, with no apparent remedy on the immediate horizon and increasing reliance on living donors (LDs). While some have advocated financial remuneration to stimulate donation, the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) of 1984 expressly forbids the offer of 'valuable consideration.' However, recent developments indicate...

On April 16, 1999, the Department of Health and Human Services and the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) announced that the number of organ donors increased 5.6 percent in 1998, the first substantial increase since 1995. Donation increases between 1997 and 1998 were substantial for whites (up 6.6 percent from 4,139 to 4,410 donors) and Hispanics (up 7.8 percent from 552 to 595 donors). Ho...

Although transplantation is one of the major medical achievements of the last half century, the shortage of organs and need for long term immunosuppressive therapy limits its usefulness. Advances in stem cell therapy has the potential both to overcome the shortage of organs but also to provide novel ways of reintroducing a tolerogenic state in patients who require life saving transplantation th...

BACKGROUND Deceased donor organ shortage has made living donors (LD) major source for renal transplantation (RTx) in India. Spouses represent an important source of allograft. We carried out a retrospective study of spousal RTx vs. other LDRTx to compare long-term results. METHODS This retrospective single-center study was undertaken to evaluate demographic, patient survival, graft survival, ...

KIDNEY transplantation from either a living related or cadaveric donor is optimal treatment for most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD).1 However, due to a critical shortage of organ donors, while more than 23 000 Americans await a suitable cadaveric kidney, fewer than 8000 receive transplants each year.2,3 Approximately one third of ESRD patients in this country are African American ...

BACKGROUND Cholestatic liver diseases (CD) account for 11% of all liver transplantations (LT) in the Eurotransplant region. Despite the excellent long-term outcome that is considerably superior to all other indications for LT, transplant surgeons and physicians face nowadays - in the era of MELD (Model of End-Stage Liver Disease)-based allocation, organ shortage, and extended allocation policie...