Tips to keep your kidneys healthy and signs of trouble to watch out for in this week's Wellness Wednesday where we're ...

a kidney specialist and researcher at Columbia University. “It’s shocking. And it’s going to destroy trust in the system.” Patients can wait months or years for an organ as their health ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

(Of the major organs, the kidney is still the one most often transplanted ... X-rays were tried, bombarding the patient's entire body. The immune system was indeed knocked out, but in many ...

For those with kidney failure, the wait for a new kidney can take years. There just are not enough organs from deceased ...

South Texas Health System is honoring World Kidney Day by informing the community on the function of the bean shaped organs ...

The kidneys are organs of the urinary system - which remove excess water, mineral ions and urea. Blood is transported to the kidney through the renal artery. The blood is filtered at a high ...

After claiming an FDA clearance last October, Paragonix Technologies reported that its donor kidney transportation system has completed ... solution through the organ to help preserve it on ...

Autoimmune diseases make the immune system attack healthy tissues. These can affect organs like kidneys, leading to ...

The KidneyVault Portable Renal Perfusion System received FDA-clearance in October ... has dramatically increased the use of donated organs in its local service area. As of November 2024, the ...