Medical Director of the Living Donor Kidney Program at Tampa General Hospital’s (TGH) Transplant Institute, Dr. Pranjal Jain, ...

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

Three couples are celebrating a very special bond after going through a life-saving six-person kidney exchange.

She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis – an inherited condition that causes mucus buildup in the lungs, and often leads to ...

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

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

According to the German Organ Transplantation Foundation, a total of 1,514 kidneys were transplanted after post-mortem organ donation in 2023, out of a total of 2,986 transplanted organs. For patients ...

Surgeons at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville have become the first in Tennessee to perform a kidney transplant using ... particularly for high-risk patients. The preservation system ...

However, surveillance practices vary widely, and patients often lack a clear understanding of their risk of recurrence and follow-up care. The PREDICT Kidney tool has been developed to enhance risk ...

CHICAGO — A man who is trying to get his brother a life-saving transplant will soon be released ... Jose Alfredo Gonzalez, to a kidney dialysis appointment. Gonzalez had served as his brother ...

"We also appreciated knowing where the kidney was during transport and knowing the organ temperature." More than 106,000 patients are currently on the national transplant waitlist in the U.S ...