Now researchers are attempting these transplants in slightly less sick patients, like Looney. A New Hampshire man who received a pig kidney in January is faring well and a rigorous study of pig ...

On this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from Lauran Neergaard and Shelby Lum, who have been following the journey of animal to human transplants, or xenotransplants, over the last ...

Covenant Health is now offering the only kidney transplant surgery program in the region, according to a Covenant news release issued Monday. The Kidney Transplant Program at Covenant, led by ...

Around 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for kidney transplants at any given time, but only about one-fifth receive a new kidney annually, with many dying before they do. This high demand and ...

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 ...

The risk for early mortality was more than doubled for kidney transplant recipients with vs without cancer. Kidney transplant recipients who develop cancer have higher mortality risk and reduced ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Texas Tech Physicians and Covenant Health are working together to bring back kidney transplant surgeries. Transplant surgeon Dr. Lyndsey Biondi performed the first kidney ...

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 ...

Kidney transplants are usually carried out by donations from a family member or from an unrelated deceased donor who has matching tissue and blood parameters. Another option available across the ...