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Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had ...
A patient with end-stage kidney disease successfully received a genetically engineered porcine kidney and was released from ...
A new explainable AI tool shows strong accuracy in predicting hospital readmission after renal transplantation, offering clinicians greater risk insight.
Recipients of kidney transplants in high heat index settings show higher rates of adverse kidney outcomes than transplant ...
Abdominal transplant chief Kenneth Chavin of Temple Health says getting a cadaver kidney can now take four to seven years. A living donor means a transplant sooner and slightly better long-term ...
Looney, a 53-year-old-woman from Alabama, had been on dialysis for nine years before she received the pig kidney transplant in late November, becoming only the third person to receive a kidney ...
Living donor donations are less common in communities of color, though medical research shows Black and Hispanic candidates often account for a larger portion of the national kidney transplant list.
Now, Luka is ready for a kidney transplant, and his family is searching for a suitable donor. "He's now big enough for a kidney transplant, so we are now looking for people to see if they'd be a ...
The device offers a comprehensive, portable solution from end-to-end, allowing transplant teams to continuously perfuse the kidney and monitor key perfusion metrics in real-time through a mobile ...