Even more rare, portions of lung, pancreas ... causes scarring to the kidney.” Six years after receiving that diagnosis, his kidneys were failing to the point that he needed dialysis. His wife, Maggie ...

On one table, arranged as if for an art exhibit, lay spidery casts of kidney veins ... The first successful pancreas transplant was performed in 1966, the first heart and liver transplants ...

Vanderbilt University made Tennessee history after they became the first hospital to perform a successful kidney transplant ...

New UCLA research conducted using mouse models and human genetic data has uncovered a critical factor that determines how much scarring occurs following kidney injury, leading scientists to identify a ...

Patients undergoing kidney transplantation in regions with the highest heat indexes show increased rates of kidney function decline and major adverse kidney events (MAKEs) compared with recipients ...

New UCLA research conducted using mouse models and human genetic data has uncovered a critical factor that determines how much scarring occurs following kidney injury, leading scientists to identify a ...

For a person diagnosed with kidney failure, a transplant gives a new lease of life. However, a study published in the Bhutan Health Journal reveals that many kidney transplant recipients in the ...

Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had to see if their method would work in a pig. By Gina Kolata On the ...

It can be unusual for a husband and wife to be a transplant match because several factors are required, including blood and ...