By compensating more living donors, this bill is projected to increase the number of living kidney transplants by tens of thousands.

For people with kidney failure, home dialysis can offer more freedom and better quality of life. So what’s stopping the NHS ...

Solid organ transplantation provides life-saving and life-enhancing treatments for patients with end-stage organ failure.1,2 ...

Tim Froese went above and beyond when he donated his kidney to a friend in need earlier this month — someone he hadn't seen since high school nearly 50 years ago.

In contrast, kidney transplantation provided no survival advantage at 5 years for recipients aged 75 years and older if they received organs from expanded-criteria donors (ECD).

Learn about stage 3 kidney disease mortality, how to prevent further kidney damage, and much more.

The bottom line is that dialysis is not a long-term solution: “Unfortunately, dialysis is not perfect, and a lot of patients pass while waiting for a kidney [transplant],” Izutsu says. According to ...

The patient was in kidney failure and her immune system would reject a human organ. Scientists hope genetically modified pig organs prove safe and will alleviate the organ shortage and save lives.