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ROCHESTER, Minn. All too often, patients with high levels of antibodies face major challenges getting a transplant. These highly sensitized patients have a much higher risk of death while waiting for suitable organs they are less likely to reject. But there is new hope for highly sensitized patients in need of a combined heart and liver transplant, thanks to an innovative surgical approach at Mayo Clinic.
Traditionally, surgeons transplant the heart first, followed by the liver. But Mayo Clinic heart transplant team decided to reverse the order for highly sensitized patients in the hopes that the liver would absorb some of the patient s antibodies, removing them from circulation and lowering the risk of antibody-mediated rejection. The strategy worked, according to a study recently published in the
Teachers are reluctant to return to in-person learning until more people are vaccinated.
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Post Bulletin Editorial Board | 10:00 am, Feb. 9, 2021 ×
Students in Rochester public elementary schools will return to class on March 1, but opinion is split over whether that s a good thing or not.
Parents of elementary students were disappointed that the change is taking so long. They want their children in class now. Middle- and high-school students are also expected to return to in-person classes, but not until April.
But many teachers, according to a new survey, are reluctant to return to classrooms before more people are vaccinated.