Kidney Transplant

Replacement of a diseased or damaged kidney with one from a living relative or a legally dead donor. The former's tissue type is more likely to match, reducing the chance of rejection.

Kidney Transplant - most related articles:

- LifePort Kidney Transporter improves kidney transplant results - 7
- One kidney transplanted 2 times in 2 weeks - 6.6
- Arizona's first intestine transplant done, US - 5.8
- Shorter wait means longer life for kidney transplant patients - 5.5
- Fifty per cent increase in organ donation possible in 5 years - 5.4
- Gender may play role in kidney transplant - 5.1
- Charla Nash's amazing recovery by face transplant - 4.9
- Cleveland clinic performs US's first face transplant - 4.9
- Cancer drug bortezomib effectively treats transplant rejections - 4.2
- Depression increases kidney failure risk - 4.2

Kidney Transplant articles

One kidney transplanted 2 times in 2 weeks
For the first time, a kidney that had been donated to a patient in need was removed and implanted into a new patient, the third individual to have the organ, after it failed in the first transplant recipient.

Arizona's first intestine transplant done, US
Surgeons at The University of Arizona Department of Surgery performed Arizona's first intestine (bowel) transplant April 30 in a successful nine-hour procedure at University Medical Center.

Shorter wait means longer life for kidney transplant patients
How long a patient survives after a kidney transplant could depend on where he or she signs up to get the surgery, new research from the University of Florida shows.

LifePort Kidney Transporter improves kidney transplant results
Use of a specially designed machine to store kidneys for transplantation offers significant benefits in kidney survival and function when compared to those stored in a traditional "ice box", or cold storage, revealed by researchers.

Cancer drug bortezomib effectively treats transplant rejections
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered a new therapy for transplant patients, targeting the antibody-producing plasma cells that can cause organ rejection.

Gender may play role in kidney transplant
There are more chances of kidney rejection in a woman who gets a kidney from a male donor, revealed by Swiss researchers in a research paper published in the current issue of the medical journal The Lancet from UK.

6 Kidney Transplant articles listed above.

What is Kidney Transplant
Replacement of a diseased or damaged kidney with one from a living relative or a legally dead donor. The former's tissue type is more likely to match, reducing the chance of rejection.

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