What's hot, what's new in clinical organ transplantation: Report from the American Transplant Congress 2015

Abstract

Innovative and exciting advances in the clinical sciences in organ transplantation were presented at the American Transplant Congress 2015. The full spectrum of transplantation was covered, with important developments in many topics. Key areas covered by presentations included living donor outcomes, optimal utilization and allocation of deceased donors, new immunosuppression regimens, antibody-mediated rejection and tolerance induction. This review highlights some of the most interesting and noteworthy clinical presentations from the meeting. This report summarizes some of the most impactful and innovative clinical science presentations from the 2015 American Transplant Congress in Philadelphia.