Last year, surgeons in the US carried out the first transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a male subject, who was able to be discharged from hospital and survived for around two ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Abdominal transplant chief Kenneth Chavin of Temple Health says getting a cadaver kidney can now take four to seven years. A living donor means a transplant sooner and slightly better long-term ...

Now, just months into her new role as a mother, Katrina is undergoing dialysis 4 times a week while waiting for a kidney transplant. The family holds out hope that a match, and a second chance, ...

The NHS carries out approximately 1,200 kidney transplants a year and almost 6,000 patients are waiting for a kidney transplant. Jyoti Shah, 37, a fashion company production controller from East ...