Soon after the kidney arrived in Illinois, the multi-organ operation was canceled. Under the transplant system’s rules, LifeGift was supposed to offer the kidney to Marcus.

Damage to the kidneys is often irreversible, and it causes them to be less and less functional over time, leading to chronic ...

The concept of organ memory in kidney transplants remains controversial. Despite anecdotal reports of personality changes ...

Sick and Skipped Over: How We Investigated the Organ Transplant System Patients who spend years on waiting lists are not always the first to get organs, a Times investigation found.

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.

Using loopholes and fraud, brokers turn poverty in Bangladesh and demand for transplants in India into booming business.

The urinary system helps maintain the volume and chemical composition of fluids in the body. One of the main organs in the system are the kidneys, which filter waste products out of the body ...

Medtronic is studying the use of its nitinol-enabled Symplicity Spyral renal denervation (RDN) catheter combined with hepatic ...

After claiming an FDA clearance last October, Paragonix Technologies reported that its donor kidney transportation system has completed its first commercial flight in a quick hop from Arizona to a ...

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.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can cause dysfunction in organs well outside the renal system. The skin is one of the organs most commonly affected. CKD is a “chronic inflammatory state, which ...

Paragonix Technologies, Inc., a leader in organ preservation technology, and Vanderbilt Health, one of the oldest and largest kidney transplant programs in t ...