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TTS 2022 ONLINE INTERACTIVE PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE

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TTS Needs Assessment Survey

Marcelo Cantarovich
TTS President

The slogan we adopted for the TTS 2022 Congress is "Committed to Access and Transparency" and as a lead-up to the Congress we have launched a new needs assessment survey which will aid TTS in developing new programs, educational material and strategies to better improve access and transparency in the field of transplantation. As a non-governmental organization in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) the information collected will feed into the work TTS is doing as part of our WHO collaboration.

Your support, by completing this survey, will contribute to the success of this initiative. Your answers will be kept confidential and anonymous.

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The survey will take 6+ minutes and must be done from a computer or tablet.

Transplantation Updates

Transplantation - Week's Most Downloaded Paper

Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion in Donation After Circulatory Death: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal #TBT bit.ly/2YZV2sB

Abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (aNRP) for donation after circulatory death is an emerging organ preservation technique that might lead to increased organ utilization per donor by facilitating viability testing, improving transplant outcome by early reversal of ischemia, and decreasing the risk of unintentional surgical damage. The aim of the current review is to evaluate the recent literature on the added value of aNRP when compared to local standard perfusion technique.

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Transplantation Direct - Week's Most Downloaded Paper

Immune Subsets From Ficoll Density Gradient Separation in Kidney Transplant Recipients #OpenAccess #TransplantTwitter bit.ly/3xiXpqu

This study shows that PBMC fractions of immunosuppressed kidney transplant recipients, with or without rejection, are not noticeably influenced by the Ficoll separation procedure. These results may be useful for future immune monitoring studies of transplant recipients involving human PBMCs.

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In the News

FDA Planning to Allow Clinical Trials of Pig-Organ Transplants

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reportedly given the green light to begin clinical trials of pig heart transplantation in humans. Citing an unnamed FDA insider, the Wall Street Journal reports that the regulator is in the process of devising a plan to enable clinical testing on a larger scale. This news has not be verified by TTS and cannot attest to its authencity

How a lugworm could help organ transplants

June 30, 2022 – A French biotech firm is hoping that the unique properties of lugworms, which can survive for hours without breathing, could be used to help improve the success rate of organ transplants in humans.

MUHC designated first provincial establishment for islet cell transplants for patients with type 1 diabetes

June 30, 2022 – The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has recieved official designation, by the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS), as the first establishment in the province to offer islet cell transplants – a non-invasive procedure that is a significant advancement in the treatment of type 1 diabetes. The MUHC has been the leader in the development of this unique medical expertise in Quebec, thanks to the dedicated work of research and clinical teams.

Similar mortality for patients with COVID-19 on dialysis, kidney recipients with COVID-19

June 24 - Mortality among kidney transplant patients with COVID-19 and those on dialysis with COVID-19 was similar during the first and second waves of the pandemic in Europe.

CAR-T demonstrates efficacy as second-line therapy for transplant-ineligible lymphoma

June 24 - Second-line therapy with lisocabtagene maraleucel induced initial complete remission among more than half of patients with relapsed or refractory transplant-ineligible large B-cell lymphoma, results from a phase 2 trial showed.

SGLT2 inhibitors safe for KTRs, data show

June 24 - Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are safe for kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) with diabetes, and the therapies appear to improve renal outcomes, according to the findings of multiple studies presented at the 2022 American Transplant Congress.

Landmark pig heart recipient had xenograft failure, porcine virus

June 23 - Several lines of inquiry remain for why the recipient of the world's first pig-to-human heart xenotransplantation died 2 months later. The transplant surgeon Bartley Griffith, MD, of University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues revealed that David Bennett, age 57, had severe cardiac failure, and was denied a traditional human heart transplant from several programs when he ultimately agreed to the experimental xenotransplant.

Post-kidney transplant MACE predicts worse survival

June 22 - Recently reported study findings provide a detailed look at how a major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) after kidney transplantation adversely affects survival and identify which patients are at elevated risk for MACE. Data also demonstrate that patients who receive a kidney transplant are at lower MACE risk compared with those who remain on dialysis.

Organ storage a step closer with cryopreservation discovery

June 22 - Scientists have taken the first step towards improved storage of human cells, which may lead to the safe storage of organs such as hearts and lungs. The team's discovery of new cryoprotective agents opens the door to many more being developed that could one day help to eliminate the need for organ transplant waiting lists.

Upcoming Meetings and Announcements

TTS 2022

September 10-14, 2022
Buenos Aires, Argentina

29th International Congress of The Transplantation Society

SPLIT 2022

September 22-23, 2022
Newport Beach, CA, USA

Society of Pediatric Liver Transplant (SPLIT)

ISUTx 2022

October 21, 2022
Paris, France

International Society of Uterus Transplantation (ISUTx)

TID 2022

November 16-17, 2022
Virtual

Transplant Infectious Disease (TID)

IPTA 2023

March 25-28, 2023
Austin, Texas, USA

12th Congress of the International Pediatric Transplant Association

MESOT 2023

May 24-26, 2023
Ankara, Turkey

18th Congress of the Middle East Society for Organ Donation

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