Patients with end-stage renal disease who have no access to a human donor kidney are now receiving gene-edited pig kidneys in ...
A massive national study found that nearly half of Americans with kidney failure who are referred for a transplant never even begin the evaluation process, and only 19% make it onto the transplant ...
The kidney is now the highest on the "wanted list" of organs, with 10,000 renal failure patients waiting for transplants.
Scientists have uncovered how lymphatic vessels—the kidney's "plumbing system"—undergo dramatic changes during chronic transplant rejection, becoming structurally disorganized and spreading to unusual ...
When we think of kidney transplantation, we usually focus on surgery, immunosuppressive drugs, and early post-operative tests. Much less attention is paid to what happens months or years later, when a ...
"On Saturday, July 11, I received a call from Mass General that changed my life forever." ...
Paul Makulinski, a firefighter and EMT, celebrates a "second chance at life" after a life-saving kidney transplant on his ...
Jipmer successfully performs a rare kidney transplant for a patient with the unique 'Bombay' blood group in Puducherry.
Bijou Phillips has undergone a kidney transplant, five months after going public with her urgent need to find a donor.
Phillips has struggled with her kidneys her entire life and had a previous transplant in 2017 ...
The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and... A transplanted pig kidney offers a grandmother ...