Despite an urgent demand for kidney donors in the U.S., about 1 in 4 donor kidneys goes unused. In 2022, more than 71,000 ...

Although Pavlakis said that the belief that Black people's kidneys functioned differently than other ethnic groups’ kidneys was widespread, several advocates described the inclusion of racial bias ...

In under 12 hours, a kidney was removed from a living donor in Colorado, flown across the country, and successfully ...

The University of Wisconsin transplant team recently collaborated with the UW National Primate Research Center and the UW Veterinary Hospital to pursue a novel kidney transplant procedure involving ...

A recent policy change in how patients are assessed for a kidney transplant has helped Black patients get on the list of ...

At the recent signing of the Trump administration’s kidney care executive order, the excitement in the room was palpable. For me, the patients on stage defined the moment as they described their ...

The implementation of a new U.S. kidney transplant allocation system did not solve many of the inequities that low-income and minority kidney disease patients face, Drexel University College of ...

A serious threat to our health care system – kidney disease – lurks among millions of Americans. When this disease progresses to kidney failure, intensive treatment is required multiple times a week ...

Know key warning signs of kidney and urinary issues, along with simple prevention tips and daily habits to maintain optimal ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Kidney Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. Dennis Moledina encountered a common problem ...