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One of every three donated kidneys never gets transplanted. CBS News explores why a growing number are being discarded.
A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...
Laura Epstein’s new company is delivering lifesaving kidneys and hearts to those most in need faster than ever.
Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had ...
Kenya’s first kidney transplant was performed in 1978. In 1984, the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi’s largest public ...
One of every three donated kidneys never gets transplanted. CBS News explores why a growing number are being discarded.
Reports show more than 100,000 people, including children, are currently waiting for an organ transplant here in the United ...
A Black woman who had the longest stint with a pig kidney transplant must return to dialysis after her body rejected the ...
New Delhi, The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation has written to all the states and union territories for the implementation of SW donor transplantation, saying it has the potential to ...
A biotech company recently announced that it's implanted another pig kidney into a human recipient. Here's what to know.
After years on the waitlist for an organ transplant, she began to develop problems associated with chronic dependence on dialysis. Without a donor match, she would die – but the complications ...