“You could literally save someone’s life, so why not,” asked Randy Tornquist. Author: Brittani Moncrease Updated: 10:30 PM CDT May 6, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. There is a growing demand for organ donors nationwide particularly living organ donors. Local 24 News Reporter, Brittani Moncrease, spoke with a living donor pedaling to send a message.
Let me tell you about The Organ Trail and no, not the Oregon Trail that you learned about in history. This trail raises awareness for living organ donors.
What if we told you a good brew crafted an unbreakable bond?
Mark Scotch is biker from Wisconsin.
“My wife and I retired, so we were down in Louisiana escaping Wisconsin winter,” said Mark Scotch, The Organ Trail founder.
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IMAGE: Recipients of kidneys from donors infected with HCV have similar kidney allograft function and probability of rejection in the first year after transplantation compared to those who received kidneys from. view more
Credit: AJKD, 2020
Study published in the
American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) shows that kidney allograft outcomes one year post-transplantation in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-negative recipients do not differ by the HCV status of the donor.
Transplant centers are increasingly willing to transplant kidneys from hepatitis C (HCV)-infected donors to HCV-negative recipients. Data on the long-term outcomes following these recipients are sparse. The aim of this single-center, retrospective study was to compare 1-year kidney outcomes in HCV-negative transplant recipients who received an organ either from a donor with or without HCV infection. The 1-year post-transplant kidney outcomes (including allograft function, development of de novo dono