For a person diagnosed with kidney failure, a transplant gives a new lease of life. However, a study published in the Bhutan Health Journal reveals that many kidney transplant recipients in the ...

This is according to a recent Bhutan Health Journal study, ‘Factors associated with health-related quality of life among kidney transplant recipients in Bhutan.’ The study found that physical symptoms ...

The transplant is part of a multi-patient study and the first done on three patients who were diagnosed with kidney failure and listed as needing a transplant, eGenesis officials said in an online ...

BOSTON -- Exposure to high temperatures may be renally taxing for kidney transplant recipients, a researcher reported here. Among nearly 64,000 recipients from 250 transplant centers around the U ...

The world's longest-lasting pig organ transplant has failed, doctors announced Friday. Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., had her pig kidney removed on April 4, after her body rejected the ...

Patients seeking a kidney transplant must first complete a series of medical tests to assess their eligibility for the procedure and ensure they are healthy enough to take immunosuppressant ...

Kidney transplants are usually carried out ... Another option available across the globe is a swap transplant, in which kidneys are exchanged between two pairs of donors and recipients who are ...

At 3 a.m. the team started thawing the kidney, a process that took two hours. At 9 a.m., Dr. Alban Longchamp and Dr. Tatsuo Kawai, transplant surgeons at Mass General, opened the pig’s abdomen ...

Patients undergoing kidney transplantation in regions with the highest heat indexes show increased rates of kidney function decline and major adverse kidney events (MAKEs) compared with recipients ...

The JCI CCPC accreditation signifies that St. Luke’s Kidney Transplant Program meets the highest international standards. JCI, recognized globally for its rigorous evaluation processes ...

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 ...