The Latest Breaking News from Kidney Transplant

A Lanarkshire dad of four is in desperate need of a kidney transplant as he struggles to find a donation, saying, "a transplant would truly mean getting my life back".

A man who has pleaded guilty to menacing another man via social media says he and an associate did it because the victim was posting misinformation about COVID-19 online — something which angered him as he was awaiting a kidney transplant.

Some conservatives are in the awkward position of resisting both policies that reduce the role of race in allocating kidneys for transplant, and those that increase it. The better way to alleviate kidney shortages is to legalize organ markets.

Often, patients whose body mass index, or BMI, is too high aren't able to get a kidney transplant because of the higher risks of complications before and during surgery. But an innovative program at Mayo Clinic is giving patients hope by helping to break that barrier to transplant through a…

Frank Lopresto says he woke up to find out his kidney transplant didn't go ahead because the sprinklers went off and contaminated the donor kidney.

CHICAGO — One rainy day in the spring of 2021, longtime friends Lisa Polk and Kevin Fuller got to talking while shielding themselves from the elements on the 300-level concourse of the Chicago White Sox’s Guaranteed Rate Field.

The clinic designed or adolescents and young adults with kidney problems and is aimed at easing the huge transition between child and adult services.

‘Waiting for the transplant is never knowing whether you will live long enough to receive a kidney,’ says patient Diana Isajeva

"Time is running out for our little fighter"