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OPTN/SRTR 2015 Annual Data Report: Kidney.

Allyson Hart, +11 more
- 01 Jan 2017 - 
- Vol. 17, pp 21-116
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The first full year of data after implementation of the new kidney allocation system reveals an increase in deceased donor kidney transplants among black candidates and those with calculated panel‐reactive antibodies 98%–100%, but a decrease among candidates aged 65 years or older.
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This article is published in American Journal of Transplantation.The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 391 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Kidney transplantation.

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Advances in Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering: Innovation and Transformation of Medicine

Kevin Dzobo, +10 more
- 30 Jul 2018 - 
TL;DR: Several challenges must be overcome in the application of 3D bioprinting before this disruptive technology is widely used to create organotypic constructs for regenerative medicine.
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An economic assessment of contemporary kidney transplant practice.

David A. Axelrod, +8 more
- 01 May 2018 - 
TL;DR: The costs of transplantation and dialysis were compared with the use of discrete event simulation over a 10‐year period, and kidney transplantation is cost‐effective across all donor types despite higher costs for marginal organs and innovative living donor practices.
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Class II Eplet Mismatch Modulates Tacrolimus Trough Levels Required to Prevent Donor-Specific Antibody Development

Chris Wiebe, +13 more
- 01 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: Recipients with high HLA alloimmune risk should not target tacrolimus levels <5 ng/ml unless essential, and monitoring for dnDSA may be advisable in this setting, as HLA-DR/DQ eplet mismatch and tacro Limus trough levels are independent predictors of dNDSA development.
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Twelve-Month Outcomes After Transplant of Hepatitis C–Infected Kidneys Into Uninfected Recipients: A Single-Group Trial

Peter P. Reese, +21 more
- 04 Sep 2018 - 
TL;DR: The THINKER-1 (Transplanting Hepatitis C kidneys into Negative KidnEy Recipients) trial as mentioned in this paper showed that HCV-infected kidneys could be safely transplanted into HCV negative patients.
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Analyses of the short- and long-term graft survival after kidney transplantation in Europe between 1986 and 2015

Maarten Coemans, +11 more
- 01 Nov 2018 - 
TL;DR: It is found that short-term improvement in graft survival decreased since 2000, while long- term improvement remained unchanged in Europe, illustrating an unmet need for innovation.
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