Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Pilot Kidney Exchange Transplant Program Launched Between US, Italy

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Friday, September 9, 2022

The Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation (APKD) , an Ohio-based, non-profit organization managing an international kidney exchange registry, today announces the launch of a pilot kidney exchange transplant program between the United States and Italy.

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  • The Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation (APKD) , an Ohio-based, non-profit organization managing an international kidney exchange registry, today announces the launch of a pilot kidney exchange transplant program between the United States and Italy.
  • The new US-Italy program concerns kidney exchange transplantation, in which incompatible living donor and recipient pairs are matched with other incompatible pairs for kidney transplants.
  • Today in the U.S., about 20% of the 6,000 living donor kidney transplants performed are achieved through kidney exchange.
  • This kidney exchange program with the U.S. is the second international exchange program launched by Italy.

Malaria breakthrough: A collaboration between ISS, IRBM and CNR has led to the discovery of new molecules blocking the transmission of the parasite

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

This result therefore paves the way to wider screens to identify even better compounds against parasite transmission."

Key Points: 
  • This result therefore paves the way to wider screens to identify even better compounds against parasite transmission."
  • CNR - National Research Council, is a national research public institution with multidisciplinary proficiency, supervised by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MUR).
  • IRBM is a drug hunting company workingacross all aspects of drug discovery and early development for different modalities small molecule, peptides, and antibodies.
  • IRBM's scientists have discovered several drugs that are on the market, and more than 25 compounds have gone into clinical testing.

Malaria breakthrough: A collaboration between ISS, IRBM and CNR has led to the discovery of new molecules blocking the transmission of the parasite

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

This result therefore paves the way to wider screens to identify even better compounds against parasite transmission."

Key Points: 
  • This result therefore paves the way to wider screens to identify even better compounds against parasite transmission."
  • CNR - National Research Council, is a national research public institution with multidisciplinary proficiency, supervised by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MUR).
  • IRBM is a drug hunting company workingacross all aspects of drug discovery and early development for different modalities small molecule, peptides, and antibodies.
  • IRBM's scientists have discovered several drugs that are on the market, and more than 25 compounds have gone into clinical testing.