I was afraid of needles and hospitals. Then I donated my kidney to save my dad’s life — this is what it was like
This article is based on a conversation with Hailey Price. It has been condensed and edited for clarity…
Texas cyclists ride from Plainview to Lubbock to raise lifesaving donation awareness
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – A group of Texas cyclists rode from Plainview to Lubbock Monday, raising awareness about…
Pioneering technology enables scalable production of human kidney organoids
A research team led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and collaborating with the Biomedical Research…
Emergency Butterfly Wing Transplant Is a Success Watched by Millions on Social Media
 Sweetbriar Nature Center – via Storyful With a pioneering procedure, a nature center in New York made…
Newborn genomic screening may detect hundreds of additional childhood conditions
Adding genomic sequencing to newborn blood screening would detect hundreds of additional childhood conditions, providing much earlier diagnosis…
Association of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) with cardiovascular disease and mortality in patients with treated kidney failure | BMC Nephrology
Mallett A, Patel C, Salisbury A, Wang Z, Healy H, Hoy W. The prevalence and epidemiology of genetic…
‘She needed a double lung transplant – survival was a long shot’
One snowy night 20 years ago, a bleeper Sarah Gascoyne had been carrying for months suddenly went off.…
First FDA-approved islet transplant at UI Health ends insulin dependence
Doctors at UI Health performed the first islet transplant with Lantidra, the only therapy approved by the U.S.…
New genetic marker improves kidney transplant match predictions
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have identified a new way of predicting whether a kidney donor and…