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

A kidney transplant patient has died in Ohio after ... rabies,” Michigan DHHS spokesperson Lynn Sutfin told USA TODAY. “Post exposure preventive care, if appropriate, has been provided.” ...

Among living kidney donors with normal blood pressure, men were more likely than women to have worsening kidney function ...

Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants – with a successful pig kidney transplant and a hint Wednesday that pig livers might eventually be ...

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy ... from the initial transplant procedure to the post-transplant management of the xenograft,” the company said.

With efforts underway to expand access to the kidney transplant waiting list to more patients, including many with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), new research underscored the corresponding ...

The hospital voluntarily inactivated its liver and kidney transplant programs on April 10, 2024, after prominent surgeon Dr. Steve Bynon allegedly changed figures in a database so certain patients ...

Andrew Ross is the first pediatric patient at Texas Children's Hospital with active cancer to be considered for and undergo a kidney transplant. (Courtesy Ross family) Andrew Ross (left ...

Looney had the organ from her Nov. 25 transplant until early April. He and her doctors decided it would be less risky to remove the pig's kidney than to try saving it. "We did the safe thing ...

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