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Rangers fan receives shock Ibrox invite from hero goalie Allan McGregor after kidney transplant

Ciaran Calderwood, 27, was gobsmacked to receive a signed letter from the Gers goalie after getting a new kidney.

Daily Record · Oct 5, 2022

Scot waiting for kidney transplant urges people 'not to be frightened' about donating

A Stirling man, who has been waiting several years for a kidney transplant has urged people not to be frightened about donating a kidney. Peter Donaldson, 51, who undergoes dialysis three times a week at Forth Valley Royal Hospital, took ill out of

Daily Record · Sep 28, 2022

Right-to-life teen 'in great spirits' as he leaves hospital after transplant, says mum

William Verden, 17, returns home after weeks under sedation following a kidney transplant that his mum had to fight for - without the life-saving surgery, medics predicted he could be dead in a year

Daily Mirror · Sep 24, 2022

For kids with kidney disease, pediatric expertise is key — but not always close by

Jaxon Green, 6, was diagnosed with kidney disease the day he was born. His illness meant that for years his life would depend on daily dialysis. And because his family lives in Tamaqua, a rural Pennsylvania town, his diagnosis also meant taking frequent two-hour trips to Philadelphia to see the…

Tribune News Service · Aug 29, 2022

Reality of overseas organ transplants / Lack of organ donors needs to be immediately addressed

A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization called the Intractable Disease Patient Support Association is suspected of having facilitated a kidney transplant that used a trafficked organ from a living donor overseas. The Yomiuri Shimbun asked experts in the relevant legal and medical systems for their opinion on this matter. In this installment,…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Aug 26, 2022

The struggle for kid-ney care

Pediatric nephrology is a niche field — and specialists are not spread out evenly across the country

Salon · Aug 21, 2022

NPO planned organ transplants in Sri Lanka

In a case of suspected organ trafficking in living donor kidney transplants, a nonprofit organization in Japan had planned transplants in Sri Lanka this year and told an overseas coordinator it would send "two patients [at intervals] for a total of about 10 patients," The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Aug 13, 2022

Fake passport used to pass off transplant as between relatives

The price per kidney was 15,000, dollars the equivalent today of about 2 million yen. The kidney transplant for the Japanese patient was conducted in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. A Japanese nonprofit organization acted as an intermediary. A passport was forged for the Ukrainian donor to make it…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Aug 8, 2022

Recap Of Monday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of the Day Summary

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Eledon Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ:ELDN) Investigational New Drug (IND) application to evaluate Tegoprubart for the prevention of organ rejection in patients receiving a kidney transplant. Eledon shares traded in a range of $2.89 to $3.16 on a day volume of 31.27 thousand…

Benzinga · Aug 1, 2022

A Seriously Ill Mom Is In Desperate Need Of A Kidney Transplant

A family have released before and after pictures of a seriously ill mom in desperate need of a kidney transplant.

Zenger · Jul 29, 2022