American Journal of Transplantation

21/01/2025

Join co-hosts Roz and Josh in the AJT Highlights Podcast! https://buff.ly/3WjQmew

16/01/2025

The January Public Health Dispatch, "Two outbreaks of Legionnaires disease associated with outdoor hot tubs for private use—two cruise ships, November 2022-July 2024" by Marcus Pereira, is available here: https://buff.ly/42hiBP2

14/01/2025

The ASTS 2025 Winter Symposium Supplement 1 is online! https://buff.ly/3C8h0Aa

13/01/2025

The deadline for the AJT Editorial Fellowship applications has been extended through January 31, 2025! For additional information on how to submit, please visit: https://buff.ly/4aenx90

13/01/2025

Check out the January Literature Watch "Calcineurin inhibitors promote chronic alloimmunity via propagation of central memory T cell subsets" by R.S. Bermea and J.M. Gardner: https://buff.ly/40pbtyG

10/01/2025

The January AJT Report honors the 20th anniversary of the first face transplant: https://buff.ly/4jckiTC

"This year marks the 20th anniversary of the first face transplant—50 face transplants have been performed thus far worldwide. 'Short- and medium-term survival is very good, even comparable to routine organ transplants' says Bruce Gelb, MD, FACS, Surgical Director of Perioperative Services, New York University Langone Health in New York City. Dr Gelb is a member of the team who performed one of the most recent face transplants, this one with an eye."

08/01/2025

The deadline for the AJT Editorial Fellowship is approaching! Submit your application by January 15th. Visit the AJT site for more information on how to apply: https://www.amjtransplant.org/ajt-editorial-fellowships

07/01/2025

The January XenoBulletin is kicking off 2025 with a spotlight on international clinical trial discussions:

Welcome to the AJT Xenobulletin board. At the request of the Editor-in-Chief of the AJT, this will provide a brief monthly update on activity in xenotransplantation, where you will find news items accompanied by a short invited commentary by a member of the transplantation community.

03/01/2025

Welcome in the New Year with us by reading the first issue of 2025! The January issue is now online: https://www.amjtransplant.org/current

24/12/2024

Take a moment to read the December AJT Public Health Dispatch, "Use of COVID-19 vaccines for persons aged ≥6 months: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2024–2025" by Marcus R. Pereira https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.10.002

20/12/2024

Check out the December XenoBulletin! https://www.amjtransplant.org/news-do/xenobulletin-december-2024

The Invited Perspective this month is "2024 Breakthroughs and the Road Ahead: Advancing Xenotransplantation into 2025."

16/12/2024

The AJT Report is out! "Lung Transplant Consortium: Collecting Data to Guide Best Practices" by Lara Pullen, PhD. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.10.003

11/12/2024

Head over to the AJT Highlights Podcast to listen to co-hosts Roslyn Mannon, MD and Josh Levitsky, MD discuss the December issue key articles with AJT Editorial Fellow Abraham Matar, MD.

Cohosts Josh Levitsky, MD, and Roslyn Mannon, MD, discuss the latest issues of the American Journal of Transplantation, summarizing Editors’ Picks by highlighting the key messages, broader impact, and take-home points of each article. The views are their o...

02/12/2024

The AJT December issue is online! https://www.amjtransplant.org/current

On the Cover: Bariatric Surgery: Effective but underutilized modality to facilitate kidney transplantation.
Obesity exerts negative impact on health. However, among patients with end stage kidney disease, obesity is a double whammy since it also reduces access to lifesaving and life-enhancing kidney transplantation. Puttarajappa et al. reinforce the importance of a liberal criteria to maximize transplant opportunity for patients with obesity. However, if and when weight loss is required, their Markov modeling analyses clearly shows that bariatric surgery is impressively better than lifestyle modification and novel anti-obesity medications for outcomes such as cost, quality-adjusted life years, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios.
Editorialist Orandi provides additional perspective, advocating for implementation of rigorous, intensive lifestyle intervention programs targeting diet, physical activity, and behavioral therapy.

Also: Lung ischemia reperfusion responses, at single cell resolution

Cover design by Megan Llewellyn, CMI, Department of Surgery, Duke University.

19/11/2024

Take a minute to read the November AJT Report: "Kids are special: Are we giving them the priority they deserve?" by Lara C. Pullen, PhD. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2024.09.019

12/11/2024

Each year AJT invites applications for the AJT Editorial Fellowship. The Editorial Fellowship is a year-long editorial experience in the publication and peer review process to fellows and junior faculty in transplant-related fields, including a Basic Science track. The fellowship offers a unique opportunity for the fellows to network with AJT editors through mentorship and participation in key journal initiatives. AJT Editorial Fellows will work directly with AJT editors and staff to gain experience in the day-to-day steps of peer review and publication through a rotation-based training. For more information, click here: https://www.amjtransplant.org/ajt-editorial-fellowships

07/11/2024

Each month, cohosts Josh Levitsky, MD, and Roslyn Mannon, MD, discuss the latest issues of the American Journal of Transplantation, summarizing Editors’ Picks by highlighting the key messages, broader impact, and take-home points of each article. Listen to this month's AJT Highlights Podcast here:

[02:08] Robotic living donor hepatectomy is associated with superior outcomes for both the donor and the recipient compared to laparoscopic or open - A single center prospective registry study of 3,448 cases [09:34] Public Attitudes to Xenotransplantation: A National Survey in the United States [18:...