AJT January 2026 Editors’ Picks

Description:  Hosts Roz and Dr. Sanchez-Fueyo are joined by Dr. Al-Faraaz Kassam to discuss the key articles of the January issue of the American Journal of Transplantation.

Al-Faraaz Kassam is an Assistant Professor in Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins University

[03:45] Evaluation of kidney procurement biopsy and machine perfusion on allograft outcomes: A retrospective cohort study of the OPTN database

[11:23] Improving the  histologic detection of donor-specific antibody-negative antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplants

[23:01] Exosome-primed T cell immunity is facilitated by complement activation

[32:26] Landscape of subclinical rejection in a large international cohort of pediatric kidney transplant (kTx) recipients

[42:19] Donor Heart Preservation at 10°C After Thoracoabdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion Lowers Rates of Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction and Improves Recipient Transplant Outcomes