Kenya’s first kidney transplant was performed in 1978. In 1984, the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi’s largest public ...

At any given time, about 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting to become kidney transplant recipients. Roughly one-fifth of ...

Thousands of patients on the list die each year, and thousands more come off the list because their health has worsened to ...

Among patients on hemodialysis, those who developed gout were 6% less likely to be wait-listed for a kidney transplant than ...

Among 20 patients who got the kidney and cell transplants, 15 of them, including Wiederhoeft and Okey, were able to stop ...

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant ... my 130 days with a pig kidney—and that this can help and inspire many others in their journey to overcome kidney disease," she said.

A patient with end-stage kidney disease successfully received a genetically engineered porcine kidney and was released from ...

Explore medication options for kidney disease and potential side effects. Learn the best treatment options to slow ...

A Bellingham woman is celebrating 50 years since she underwent a kidney transplant in 1975, which was a relatively new ...

Some experts foresee pig kidney transplant becoming an established option for patients within a decade, a major advancement that would be possible because of people like Looney. “Towana’s ...

A kidney transplant patient has died in Ohio after receiving an organ infected with rabies. The recipient received care in Lucas County, Ohio, in December 2024, the Toledo-Lucas County Health ...