January 2012

11th January 2012 / Last updated : 11th January 2012 Simon Knight Charity

Give a Kidney – promoting altruistic donation in the UK

Give a Kidney – One’s Enough is a charity that aims to raise awareness of altruistic living kidney donation. Altruistic donation is the giving of a kidney, from a living person, to a stranger who has kidney failure. The charity also aims to publicise why more living kidney donors are needed and to support people […]

11th January 2012 / Last updated : 11th January 2012 Simon Knight Courses

Don’t miss the deadline for EVIT 2012 applications!

The next Evidence in Transplantation Course (EVIT) will be held in London on March 16-17. The joint CET and ESOT course, now in it’s fourth year, have received excellent reviews from past participants, and aims to increase skills in evidence-based decision making. It includes sessions on clinical trial design and interpretation, literature searching, literature appraisal, […]

9th January 2012 / Last updated : 9th January 2012 Simon Knight Clinical trials

January Transplant Trial Watch now online

The first Transplant Trial Watch of 2012 is now available on the CET website. This month’s RCTs include studies of donor pretreatment, immunosuppressive regimens and CMV prophylaxis.