Tampa General Hospital announced that it has successfully performed the first bloodless heart-liver transplant in partnership ...

Allina Health closed its Kidney Transplant and Living Kidney Donor Program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital on June 27.

The End Kidney Deaths Act (H.R. 2687) offers a $10,000 refundable tax credit for five years to living kidney donors who ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...

Kidney transplant policy spurs lawsuits claiming racial discrimination. By Diana Novak Jones. October 1, 2024 10:01 AM UTC Updated October 1, 2024 An empty bed is pictured at the ...

According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), more than 90,000 people are currently on the kidney transplant ...

Man gets kidney transplant surgery while awake 01:45. Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine performed a kidney transplant on an awake patient, marking a first for the Chicago-based healthcare system ...

Surgeons at the Massachusetts General Hospital's Transplant Center replaced the patient's unhealthy kidney with a bio-engineered porcine kidney on Jan.25. Porcine is the scientific term for "pig ...

The transplant waiting list for a kidney from a deceased donor was three years at the time, about the same as today. Gary wouldn’t have to wait if Karl donated one of his.

In the second attempt, this April, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano received both a kidney and thymus gland from a genetically engineered pig after getting a mechanical heart pump implanted days prior.The ...

Another patient has received a transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old who lives in Concord, N.H., has end-stage kidney disease and had been on dialysis for ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig ...