Allo-kidney transplantation offers significant benefits over ... the comparison of outcomes must be against the medical alternative: dialysis. While allotransplantation is a preferable option to ...

In the case of end-stage kidney disease, dialysis may offer a life-preserving ... The most commonly used species are Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta, in allotransplantation) or baboon (Papio papio, in ...

Specifically, the assembly should support a resolution that calls for the WHO to recognize kidney disease as a major cause of death and disability globally, and to include it in the organization ...

Her body began rejecting the pig kidney after a record 130 days. AP Before Looney’s transplant only four other Americans had received experimental xenotransplants of gene-edited pig organs ...

Rick Ward has lived without a kidney most his life and has lived a healthy life until up until just last month. And as someone who’s worked his entire life helping others, he’s hoping someone ...

ALABAMA - Doctors have had to remove the pig kidney implanted in an American woman after her body rejected it, but her four months living with the animal's organ set a record, the hospital that ...

For those with kidney failure, the wait for a new kidney can take years. There are just not enough organs from deceased donors to fill the need. Fortunately, a person can live a healthy life with ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was removed last week. It’s the longest a human has ever lived with a pig organ, ...

González, also an immigrant from Venezuela, was set to donate a kidney to his brother but was detained by ICE agents. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) The attorney representing two Venezuelan ...

Leslie Fraser, who received a kidney transplant, says he has plans to pay it forward. "When I was on dialysis, I lost count of how many people I saw pass away. I started to think, ‘Well ...

(WXYZ) — March is National Kidney Month, a time to highlight kidney disease and the efforts to prevent and manage it. More than 35 million Americans suffer from ...

Researchers have identified type 5 collagen as a key factor in kidney fibrosis, revealing its potential as a biomarker to predict chronic kidney disease progression. A repurposed anti-cancer drug ...