The kidney transplant evaluation process starts with a visit to a transplant nephrologist and a transplant surgeon. These doctors will discuss your health history and physically examine you. You will ...

A 54-year-old New Jersey grandmother was "days or weeks" from death earlier this month when she became the fourth person ever to receive an organ from a pig. Lisa Pisano was suffering from heart ...

Fernando Moreno has been on dialysis for about two years, enduring an “unbearable” wait for a new kidney to save his life.

A new breakthrough in kidney transplant research may change how patients experience life after surgery. Instead of spending a lifetime on immune-suppressing drugs, some people are now living drug-free ...

All the body’s vital organs depend for their efficient functioning on a generous supply of arterial blood, and all deteriorate when that supply is curtailed. Thus it seems logical for surgeons to try ...

As children, sisters Amaris and Dominique Elston were inseparable. Their parents remember the two of them sharing everything and always having each others' backs, no matter the situation. That bond ...

Fernando Moreno has been waiting for a kidney transplant for about two years HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Fernando Moreno has been on dialysis for about two years, enduring an “unbearable” wait for a new kidney ...