<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/november/wade-clinical-transplantation-study.html" dsn="news"><title>New SLU, SSM Study Shows Ozempic Could Help Dialysis Patients Qualify for Kidney Transplants</title><description>Obesity is one of the biggest barriers preventing patients with end-stage kidney disease from receiving a life-saving kidney transplant. New research from Saint Louis University School of Medicine and SSM Health physicians reveals that breakthrough weight loss medications could change that — giving more patients a second chance at life.</description><image>https://www.slu.edu/news/img/schwitalla-hall-exterior-1152.jpg</image><date>11/12/2025</date><tags><tag>newsfeed</tag><tag>newsfeed-medicine</tag><tag>newsfeed-research</tag></tags></item>