Too many donor kidneys are discarded in U.S. before transplantation A new study finds kidneys discarded as low-quality in the U.S are similar to kidneys transplanted with acceptable outcomes in France.
When kidneys are removed from deceased organ donors in the United States, they are often subjected to “procurement biopsies” and are discarded if certain abnormalities are seen in the kidney tissue. However, a large portion of the discarded kidneys would function acceptably if transplanted, according to a new study from a team led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation.
Colm Weadick makes no secret of his hero worship. He greets visitors to his Arklow home wearing a Phil Lynott tee-shirt, the great man s extravagant Afro hair a contrast to his own tight-shorn locks. Inside the house, the sitting room is festooned with pictures. Lynott on the Ha penny Bridge. Lynott photographed sharing a stage with Rory Gallagher. Lynott cartoons, Lynott posters, Lynott letters. He was a genius at song writing, says Colm simply when asked to explain the appeal, his one great regret being that he never saw Philo in live action before death came calling on January 4 in 1986. There is music in Colm s family. Uncle Joe played trombone in the Red Seven showband. And Duff McKagan, once bassist with hard rockers Guns n Roses, is his mother Marie s fourth cousin.
On the edge of London’s Canary Wharf district, the tallest residential skyscraper in western Europe was due to open this year. The Spire London’s hype gushed about the possibility of drones delivering food to residents in between their visits to the tower’s cinema and swimming pool.
8V Shane Griven rolls after a tangle with 1NZ Shane Dewar.
SPEEDWAY: Luke Miers finally had the luck run his way to dominate the Brent Lowe Memorial Stockcar title at the Robertson Holden Speedway in Palmerston North. The sought-after title named after the hard-hitting stockcar driver who died in an accident on Christmas Eve 2015 drew a massive field of more than 50 cars, with qualifying before a one-race final on Monday. Without doubt Miers has been the stockcar class’ outstanding driver over the past season, but has often suffered from flat tyres or cars spinning out of control in front of him. But on this occasion he had everything go his way as he cruised to a relatively untroubled win in his impressive new Peter Rees car.
Ditching Standard Biopsies Could Mean More Kidneys for Transplant medscape.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medscape.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.