Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had ...

Laura Epstein’s new company is delivering lifesaving kidneys and hearts to those most in need faster than ever.

After a 2023 diagnosis of chronic kidney failure, a Port Richmond man was desperate to find a donor. In late 2024, a family ...

Like Looney, he was not as sick as some of the prior recipients when he was transplanted, and so far, so good. Chinese researchers also recently announced a pig kidney transplant there ...

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

This occurs even as a significant number of offered kidneys, currently exceeding 25%, are declined for transplantation by all U.S. transplant hospitals. Clinicians at transplant centers are ...

Dialysis or a kidney transplant is only needed if your kidneys completely fail. Myth #5: Patients with fully damaged kidneys wanting to go for a transplant will have to wait for a long time to ...