Last week for National Donate Life Month, Medical Center Hospital honored the 14 donors who gave the gift of life to others.

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

Over nearly 5 years of follow-up, kidney transplant recipients exposed to hot temperatures also had a 30% higher risk for a ...

"Not only did I help my husband, but I helped a whole other family." Kidney exchange program helps several families get a fresh start on life.

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

Recipients of kidney transplants in high heat index settings show higher rates of adverse kidney outcomes than transplant ...

Towana Looney, a woman from Alabama, had lived with the gene-edited pig kidney for 130 days. She lived with the organ longer than any other transplant patient has tolerated a gene-edited animal organ.

Kidney transplant recipients with longer exposure to daily average temperatures of at least 86°F were more likely to ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 ... “One of the biggest challenges for transplant recipients – human-to-human or pig-to-human – is the prevention and ...