Key technological advances have increased the number of patients receiving hearts from donation after circulatory death (DCD) ...

Transplantation with standard-criteria kidney offers a clear survival benefit, but this decreases with age and for those with a history of CVD.

References: Slagter JS, Kimenai HJAN, van de Wetering J, et al. Kidney transplant outcome following donation after euthanasia. JAMA Surg.Published online September 25, 2024. doi:10.1001/jamasurg ...

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 ...

Instead, she learned she had kidney failure, a life-altering disease requiring long-term dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive. In that short visit, Amber’s life changed.

Last month, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman became the second person ever to have a genetically modified pig kidney transplant. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are on the waitlist for organs.

Normothermic machine perfusion was linked to significant improvements in liver transplant clinical ... donation after brain death (DBD)-NMP (n ... 68.9% had no acute kidney injury compared ...

62-year-old Rick Slayman was sent home from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Wednesday, two weeks after having a successful organ transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney ...

Her kidney function was at 19%, and she's going to need a kidney transplant eventually,'" Denise Elston, their mother, said. "Thirty seconds later, Amaris said, 'Can I give her one?'" ...

How long it takes to get a kidney transplant depends on patients' blood type, medical urgency and a mix of other factors — including how long they've spent on the waiting list.