The Calkins family is seeking a living liver donor for their toddler, Isaac, who was born with a rare disease.
More than 90,000 Americans are on the kidney transplant waitlist, with long wait times and a high mortality rate. Living kidney donation is crucial to address the organ shortage, but high costs deter ...
Amrit Paul was in the middle of his computer science exams when he was told by doctors he would need a kidney transplant. "It was a shock. I didn't really know how to handle it and, in all honesty, I ...
A Rome man has a new liver and a new lease on life thanks to an unwavering campaign by his friends and family to locate a ...
You may be unaware that organs from a living donor can be transplanted into another person’s body. In fact, about 7,000 living donor organ transplants were performed last year out of about 48,000 ...
The risk of rejection can be offset by carefully matching the molecular similarities between a donor and patient and making ...
A 17-year-old Ohio teenager, Dominic Amesquita, is urgently seeking a living kidney donor to help him lead a normal life.
Women with kidney failure received transplants or were wait-listed less frequently than men, despite improvements over several decades, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney ...
Larry Mantle talks with two experts in the field of living organ donor transplantation, Dr. Robert Mendez, Professor of Urology and Surgery at USC School of Medicine and President of National ...
April is National Donate Life Month, a time focused on encouraging organ donor registration. More than 104,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list, according to the United Network for ...
In the middle of the frightening decorations stands a sign urging visitors to consider becoming living donors and to learn ...