Aug. 13 - Solid-organ transplant recipients should get a third mRNA dose, but not everybody, agency says

Aug. 13 - The ACIP recommends additional dose in moderately to severely immunocompromised people only

Aug. 11 - Case series and nonrandomized studies of a third dose of Covid-19 vaccines have suggested that an additional dose may produce an adequate or even robust response in most transplant recipients.

Aug. 9 - Researchers have found a way to reduce organ rejection following a transplant by using a special polymer to coat blood vessels on the organ to be transplanted. The polymer, developed by UBC medicine professor Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu and his team at the Centre for Blood Research and Life Sciences Institute, substantially diminished rejection of transplants in mice when tested by collaborators at SFU and Northwestern University.

Aug. 18 - Researchers study stem cells’ potential to preserve heart function and delay heart transplants for children with complex congenital heart disease.

Aug. 18 - Women who qualified for deceased donor organs had significantly worse MELD scores