A New York woman had a rare medical condition that required the removal of her kidney. She opted to donate it to a stranger.

The need for more living kidney donors As of early March, more than 104,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list. Nearly 90% of them are waiting for a kidney, according to the ...

Zane Slater’s decision to donate one of his kidneys to his mother was easy for him to make, but not quite as easy for her to ...

Megan Bosack, 21, traveled from Rockland County, New York to finally meet Bautista, 17, who received her donated kidney. They hugged for the first time at Temple University Hospital on Friday. Over ...

Brianna Herrera is a student at Kutztown University studying music education. When we met her back in January 2024, her ...

Dr Robert Montgomery, who performed the transplant, said removal of the kidney, also called an “explant”, is not a step backward in the field of xenotransplantation (the use of animal organs ...

The monthly peer support group aims to assist individuals who may be awaiting a kidney transplant or trying to delay dialysis through lifestyle changes such as reducing high blood pressure ...

RAIDEN IS ALL POSITIVE, MEANING HE CAN ONLY RECEIVE A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT FROM SOMEONE WITH AN O POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE BLOOD TYPE. BRANDY HERSELF IS NOT A MATCH, WHICH LED TO HER MAKING THIS POST ON ...