The AJT Report

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"The AJT Report" is a monthly feature in the American Journal of Transplantation that reports on news and issues that affect organ and tissue transplantation. This forum, reported by journalist Lara Pullen, covers emerging issues in transplantation—often ahead of their coverage in the traditional peer-reviewed literature—to update, inform, and encourage discussion among AJT readers.

2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008


2022

Sep: Non-transplantable organs and tissues: A golden opportunity
Aug: Targeting Inequities in Kidney Transplantation
Jul: T Cells Prepare for a Test: Can They Tolerate a Donor Heart?
Jun: Transplant Moves One Step Closer to Creating a Purpose-Built Organ
May: New Organ Transport Support Technology is a Game Changer
Apr: Xenotransplant: Coming Soon?
Mar: Stem cell–derived islets take a leap toward patients
Feb: Alcohol Transforms Liver Transplantation
Jan: Bioengineered Organs: Not a Matter of “If”

 

2021

Dec: COVID-19 Spurs Transplant Vaccination Policy
Nov: Can Social Media Cultivate Living Organ Donors?
Oct: Sex Disparity in Transplant: A Problem Hiding in Plain Sight
Sep: Guiding Transplant Patients in a Postpandemic World
Aug: Islet cell transplantation hits a milestone
Jul: Bringing palliative care to transplant
Jun: AJT comes of age
May: Improving adherence: It’s complicated
Apr: The Economy of Transplant: Saving Money and Saving Lives
Mar: Three platforms: Ways to pivot in a pandemic
Feb:   Cancer and transplant: A delicate balance 
Jan:   Physician advocacy: using medical training and patient focus to improve systems 

 

2020

Dec: Liver Allocation for Rare Disease: Does the MELD Score Suffice?
Nov: Vascular composite allograft at a crossroads
Oct: COVID‐19: transplant works toward adaptation
Sep: Striving for Equity in Transplant
Aug: Pandemic‐related unemployment impacts transplant in the US
Jul: A glimpse into the future: can we learn lessons from the pandemic?
Jun: The role of transplant during a pandemic
May: A new future for patients with cystic fibrosis
Apr: The expanding use and potential of normothermic perfusion technology
Mar: Family Voucher Program Helps Patients Meet the Challenge of Rare Diseases
Feb:   Robotic Surgery for Obese Patients 
Jan:   Transplant Houses Nurture Patients and Create Community 

2019

Dec:   Discarding Kidneys—Can We Do Better? 
Nov:   Drug Policy in the Real World 
Oct:   Transplantation and Undocumented Immigrants: A Tale of Two States 
Sep:   Building a Braid: Patient, Transplant and Society 
Aug:   The Death Debate 
July:   A Path Toward Improving Health Literacy and Transplant Outcomes 
June:   Tackling the Growing Problem of Transporting Organs 
May:   Lawsuits Drive Transplant Community Debate Over Liver Allocation 
Apr:   CMS Proposes New Quality Metric 
Mar:   VCA Joins UNOS: A Five‐Year Update 
Feb:   Immunoregulatory Cells: Can They Be Harnessed for Transplant? 
Jan:   The Importance of Inflammation‐induced NETS 

2018

Dec:  Organ(elle) Transplants
Nov:  Ten‐Year Celebration of the Declaration of Istanbul
Oct:  Hepatitis C Infection May Be a Blessing for Patients in Need of a Transplant 
Sep:  Transplant Therapeutics Consortium—Transforming Drug Development through Collaboration
Aug:  Should UNOS Yield to Competition?
Jul:  Stem Cell–Derived Pancreatic Progenitor Cells Have Now Been Transplanted into Patients: Report from IPITA 2018
Jun:  Tolerance Induction in Kidney Transplantation 
May:  Lung Allocation Sequence: The System Evolves
Apr:  Stepping Up to Reduce Racial Disparities in Transplantation 
Mar:  Building a Transplantation Team with Advanced-Practice Providers
Feb:  Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria 
Jan: Human Cell Atlas Poised to Transform Our Understanding of Organs

 

2017

Dec:  Xenotransplantation: Time to Get Excited?
Nov:  Diagnosing Cardiac Rejection
Oct:  Global Kidney Exchange: Overcoming the Barrier of Poverty
Sep:  The Opioid Epidemic Weaves Its Way Through the Transplant Community
Aug:  2017 American Transplant Congress Focuses on Hot Issues
Jul:  Transplant-Specific Quality Improvement Program Enters Beta Phase
Jun:  Transplantation in Africa
May:  A Death—and Donation—of One's Own
Apr:  New Rule Requires Some Physicians to Report on Postoperative Visits
Mar:  MACRA Is Here to Stay
Feb:  Cautious Optimism for Transplantation Under Trump Administration
Jan: Transplantation Remains Daunting for Many Veterans

 

2016

Dec: NIH to Lift Moratorium on Chimera Research Funding
Nov: Stem Cell Derived Beta Cells: The State of the Science
Oct: The Value of P
Sep: Donor Intervention Research
Aug: White House Holds Summit On Organ Transplantation
Jul: Mind the Gap
Jun: Increasing Access
May: 3D Printing in Transplantation
Apr: The Cancer Conundrum
Mar: Transplantation on the Rise in Puerto Rico
Feb: US to Offer Uterus Transplants
Jan: Transplantation and Marijuana Use

 

2015

Dec: Living Donor Liver Transplants Poised for Comeback
Nov: THE VISIONARIES: Two transplant innovators discuss the specialty
Oct: ICD-10 Is Here
Sep: Playing The Odds
Aug: The HIV Shift
Jul: 2015 American Transplant Congress Targets Hot Issues in Transplantation
Jun: Transplant Games Promote Donation, Showcase Healthy Recipients
May: Multilisting Task Force
Apr: Needed: Champions for Pancreas Transplantation
Mar: Unbundled
Feb: Transplantation at the Grassroots Level
Jan: Fecal Microbiota Transplantation

 

2014

Dec: Liver Community Split on Redistricting
Nov: New Treaty Aims to Curb Organ Trafficking
Oct: The IVIg Dilemma
Sep: Transplantation at the VA
Aug: A Collaborative Effort
Jul: Nationalizing Paired Donation
Jun: The Evolving Field of Gut Rehabilitation
May: Holding Pattern
Apr: Reimbursement Realities
Mar: Does Robotics Have a Place in Transplantation?
Feb: Fewer Living Donors
Jan: Good Measure

 

2013

Dec: One of Transplant's Key Challenges
Nov: Organ Offer Management
Oct: A New Transplant Program in China
Sep: Organ Donor Shift
Aug: Two Children Added to Adult Lung Transplant Waitlist
Jul: Reaching the Hispanic Patient
Jun: Expansion Plans
May: Trust Is Everything
Apr: Heart Failure Options Broaden
Mar: The Challenges of Hepatocyte Research
Feb: What's Ahead for Renal Wait List Management
Jan: The Unintended Consequences of Privacy

 

2012

Dec: You Aren't Who You Think You Are
Nov: Genetic Factor May Limit Kidney Donation
Oct: Hype, Hope and Reality
Sep: Adherence Efforts Go High-Tech
Aug: Artificial Pancreas Within Reach
Jul: How Big Is Too Big?
Jun: Pushing the (Age) Limit
May: Budget Scalpel Hovers Over Medical Research
Apr: A Maze of Information
Mar: Can Transplantation Be Zero Risk?
Feb: The Uninformed Dialysis Patient
Jan: Missing the Mark

 

2011

Dec: Will the National Paired Donation Program Take Off?
Nov: Global Library of Adverse Events and Reactions Expected to Launch in 2012
Oct: The Next Wave of Healthcare Reform
Sep: Alemtuzumab Shows Promise as Off-Label Induction Therapy
Aug: New Kidney Allocation Concept Moves Forward
Jul: Check and Recheck
Jun: Has Transplantation Lost Its Luster?
May: NIH Supports Xenotransplantation
Apr: Death by Budget Cuts?
Mar: World's First Living Organ Donor Dies
Feb: Are Personalized Organs in Our Future?
Jan: Surfing the Transplant Web

 

2010

Dec: Transplantation in Europe
Nov: AMR: A Difficult Problem With No Easy Solution
Oct: Best Intentions Gone Awry
Sep: What's in a Name?
Aug: The Cancer Connection
Jul: Health-Care Reform
Jun: Allocation Overhaul
May: The American Journal of Transplantation Celebrates its 10th Year
Apr: Can Generics Be Trusted?
Mar: Survival Rates Increase in Bowel Transplantation
Feb: New Drugs on the Horizon for Hepatitis C
Jan: Wrestling With Positive Cross-Matches

 

2009

Dec: Our Generation of Chronically Ill Children
Nov: Belatacept Results Promising...with Some Caveats
Oct: Location, Location, Location
Sep: Growing Pains
Aug: The National Paired Donation Program
Jul: LYFT or Drop?
Jun: What Would Maria Theresa Do?
May: The Dangers of DCD Livers
Apr: More Players and Strategies for Islet Xenotransplantation
Mar: Consented, But Not Used
Feb: Such a Waste
Jan: Countries "Go National" to Increase Donor Rates

 

2008

Dec: New CMS Regulations May Impact Practice
Nov: Living Donors Face Financial Impact
Oct: Is the Transplant Drug Glass Half Empty of Half Full?
Sep: MELDolody: The Science of Liver Allocation
Aug: Transplant Leaders Take On Organ Trafficking
Jul: Racial Bias...Fact or Fiction?
Jun: Does Size Matter?
May: The Breakthrough Boost
Apr: Fed Up With the FDA
Mar: Is the Iranian Paid Donation Model a Success...or Not?
Feb: New Kidney Allocation Policy Seeks Balance of Justice and Utility
Jan: China Reforms Transplant Practices in Bid to Join International Community