What's New and Hot in Clinical Organ Transplantation: Report From American Transplant Congress 2012

• Published in: American journal of transplantation Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 281 - 285
• Main Author: Humar, A.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ Wiley 01-02-2013; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Boston; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Graft Rejection; Graft Survival; Humans; Immunosuppression; Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use; Kidney Transplantation - methods; Liver Transplantation - methods; Living Donors; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Organ Preservation; Pancreas Transplantation - methods; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Studies; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Tissue and Organ Procurement - organization & administration; Tissue, organ and graft immunology; Transplantation - methods; Transplantation - trends; transplantation policy; transplants; Transplants & implants; Treatment Outcome; United States; United States; North America; America; Congress; Graft(material); transplantation policy; American; Transplantation; Homotransplantation; Case study; Immunosuppression; Health policy; Treatment; Surgery; Graft; Public health; Organ; transplants
• ISSN: 1600-6135; 1600-6143
• DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12014

Innovative and exciting advances in the clinical sciences in organ transplantation were presented at the American Transplant Congress 2012. The full spectrum of transplantation was covered with important advancements in many topics. Key areas covered by presentations included living donor outcomes, organ preservation, optimal allocation of deceased donors, new immunosuppression regimens, antibody mediated rejection and the regulatory environment. This review will highlight some of the most interesting and innovative clinical presentations from the meeting.
This article presents a summary of some of the most interesting and innovative clinical presentations from the 2012 American Transplant Congress. See article by Fishman (page 275) for a review of basic science presented at ATC 2012.