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COVID-19 fuels demand for lung, heart transplants

April 13 - The U.S. transplant landscape has dramatically changed since surgeons at Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital performed the nation's first known lung transplant on a COVID-19 patient in June 2020. Now, transplants involving COVID-19 patients are becoming increasingly common nationwide, with nearly two dozen hospitals having performed them, Kaiser Health News reported April 13.

Why the Panic Over Israeli Study on Infections After Vax?

April 20 - Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad on how mild COVID cases after vaccination are freaking people out.

Covid Spawns ‘Completely New Category’ of Organ Transplants

Mark Buchanan of Roopville, Georgia, is wheeled down a hallway by his wife, Melissa, at the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in January. Buchanan required a double-lung transplant to save his life after contracting covid. CREDIT: Jesse S. Jones / University of Florida Health
April 13 - Nearly 60 transplants were performed through March 31 for patients with covid-related organ disease, according to figures released Monday by the United Network for Organ Sharing, which oversees transplants in the U.S.

Scientists Create Early Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monkey

Using fluorescent antibody-based stains and advanced microscopy, researchers are able to visualize cells of different species origins in an early stage chimeric embryo. The red color indicates the cells of human origin. CREDIT: Weizhi Ji/Kunming University of Science and Technology
April 15 - For the first time, scientists have created embryos that are a mix of human and monkey cells. The embryos, described in the journal Cell, were created in part to try to find new ways to produce organs for people who need transplants, said the international team of scientists who collaborated in the work. But the research raises a variety of concerns.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS IDENTIFIED
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Selected Publications by TTS Education Committee. This week's selection made by Drs. Enver Akalin, Marlies Reinders and Millie Samaniego.

Pathologic Antibodies to Platelet Factor 4 after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccination

Marie Scully et al.
New Engl J Med, April 16, 2021, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2105385

Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccination

Andreas Greinacher et al.
New Engl J Med, April 9, 2021, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2104840

Spike Antibody Levels of Nursing Home Residents With or Without Prior COVID-19 3Weeks After a Single BNT162b2 Vaccine Dose

Hubert Blain et al.
JAMA, April 15, 2021. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.6042

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