ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Our four-part series called “Gift of Life” focuses on the Lehigh Valley Health Network’s kidney transplant program. In this fourth and last report, we meet the chief surgeon and the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Overall, 51% of patients referred from dialysis to transplant centers began evaluation within 6 months. Median ...

Transplant patient stories about waiting for new organs. May 1, 2012— -- intro: For many patients in need of vital organ transplants, life is a waiting game. For some, getting a new, healthy ...

Scientists converted a type A kidney into a type O universal donor kidney. Enzymes removed specific antigens from the organ.

More than half of Black kidney transplant candidates have already benefited from a new race-neutral policy for estimating kidney function, according to recent national data. Between January 5, 2023, ...