Kidney Transplant

Marking an extraordinary milestone, a kidney transplanted from a genetically engineeredminiature pig has kept a monkey alive for more than two years — one of the longest survival times for an interspecies organ transplant. This…

Eating healthy is the key to staying fit and healthy. Any disease takes a huge toll on the body, especially kidney failure. Kidney failure is treated with dialysis, medication and proper nutrition till the patient can undergo a transplant.…

Eating a healthy diet is crucial for maintaining good health after a kidney transplant. Kidney failure can take a significant toll on the body, but with a new kidney, patients can overcome most of the metabolic constraints they faced before…

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'I appreciate him': Daughter gets chance at life with kidney donation from dad…

In a first, surgeons have successfully attached a pig's kidney to a human and monitored the pinkish organ function normally for more than 50 hours. They hope this breakthrough could address donor organ shortages for life-saving transplants…

When a Colorado woman found out her hospital wouldn’t approve her kidney transplant surgery until she got the COVID-19 vaccine, she was left with a difficult decision pitting her health needs against her religious beliefs.…

The implantable bioartificial kidney by the The Kidney Project edged closer to become a reality. The Project earned a $650,000 prize from KidneyX for its first demonstration of a functional prototype. A public–private collaboration between…