In boost for transplants, kidney tissue grown in lab – Yahoo News
Paris (AFP) – Scientists said Wednesday they had grown rudimentary human kidney tissue from stem cells, a key step towards the Holy Grail...
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Oct 9, 20151 min read
Fundraiser spaghetti dinner held for boy needing kidney transplant – KETV Omaha
A Ralston teenager needed a kidney transplant twice, and despite years of hurdles his family isn’t letting go of hope. Max Metzger was...
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Oct 9, 20151 min read
Two year old celebrates homecoming and awaits kidney transplant – WKYT
FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) A happy homecoming. One two year old whose been through quite a lot these past couple of months is finally...
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Oct 9, 20152 min read
SA siblings to make kidney transplant a family affair – KSAT San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Arturo Chavarria is a month away from receiving his second kidney transplant. The donor is his older brother,...
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Oct 9, 20152 min read
Ethiopian medics conduct first kidney transplant surgery – Sudan Tribune
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle September 27, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – Doctors in Ethiopia have for the first time conducted a kidney transplant surgical...
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Sep 28, 20153 min read
Transplant breakthrough as researchers reveal working kidney grown from stem cells – Daily Mai
Researchers used used rats as incubators for the growing tissue Kidneys were generated from stem cells and were first tested in pigs...
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Sep 19, 20152 min read
The link between drug therapy and kidney failure in transplant patients – Medical Xpress
New research will help scientists and medical professionals to better understand the long-term complications caused by an...
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Aug 20, 20155 min read
Kidney ‘defroster’ to save thousands on transplant list: Doctors hope … – Da
Normothermic perfusion allows surgeons to defrost donor kidneys on ice Doctors hope the procedure will help slash waiting lists by ten...
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Aug 20, 20152 min read
Alabama hospital breaks record for longest kidney transplant chain in U.S. – Yellowhammer News
C/O UAB School of Medicine BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — UAB hospital recently undertook in the longest living-donor kidney transplant chain ever to...
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Jul 30, 20153 min read
Researchers recommend use of HCV-positive organs for kidney transplant – Healio – Healio
In a new perspective paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from Perelman School of Medicine at the...
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Jul 22, 20151 min read
Kidney transplant proves successful for Cleveland sisters | abc13.com – KTRK-TV
CLEVELAND, TX — Throughout her life, Diana Brom has endured multiple surgeries. After the failure of a transplanted kidney became...
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Jul 22, 20152 min read
BMI doesn’t affect kidney transplant survival – Medical Xpress – Medical Xpress
For patients undergoing kidney transplantation, survival is unaffected by body mass index, according to a study published online July 3...
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Jul 15, 20151 min read
Belington Family Looking For Help For Son’s Transplant – WBOY-TV
Belington resident Wes Smith is much like many other little kids, and has a few things he loves to do. “My favorite thing is to play with...
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Jun 14, 20154 min read
Lexington 10-year-old faces kidney transplant – Jackson Clarion Ledger
Billy Watkins, The Clarion-Ledger9:04 p.m. CDT June 14, 2015 Bryce Purvis, 10, of Lexington looks at his blood pressure reading after...
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May 23, 20152 min read
New hope for kidney transplant patients – Saskatoon StarPhoenix
BY BETTY ANN ADAM, THE STARPHOENIX MAY 23, 2015 After more than three years on kidney dialysis, Debbie Posehn thought she would be...
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May 22, 20152 min read
New program aims to help hard-to-match kidney transplant patients – CTV News
Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press Published Friday, May 22, 2015 12:10PM EDT The program is designed to assist people who are “highly...
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May 13, 20152 min read
Are You Waiting for a Kidney Transplant? Living Donors Bring Hope – Health Hub from Cleveland
If you’re waiting for a kidney transplant, you already know about the daunting stats: 100,000 patients on the wait list and a three- to...
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May 12, 20152 min read
Improved transplant drugs benefiting kidney recipients – WTNH
By Jocelyn Maminta Medical/Health ReporterPublished: May 12, 2015, 4:36 pm Updated:May 12, 2015, 6:01 pm NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) —...
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May 7, 20151 min read
Winona Lake boy with kidney failure receives transplant from mother – WNDU-TV
Posted: Thu 4:36 PM, May 07, 2015 By: Karina E. Flores This is a wonderful update to a story we’ve been following about a little Winona...
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May 7, 20151 min read
Warren County teen undergoes kidney transplant surgery – WLWT Cincinnati
5:04 PM EDT May 07, 2015 Mackenzie Gilbert has polycystic kidney disease and is scheduled for a kidney transplant Thursday morning. Her...
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