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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “In some parts of the country, candidates can expect to wait upwards of 10 years for a kidney; while in other ...

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 ...

You should consider donating your kidney, too. (You can sign up through the National Kidney Registry or Waitlist Zero .) In a ...

Three children who have undergone kidney transplants in California will likely be spared from ever having to take anti-rejection medication, because of an innovative technique that eliminates the need ...

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 ...

Chronic kidney disease, already a problem affecting millions of Americans, is only expected to become more prevalent as the country ages. For those with end-stage disease, a transplant is the ideal ...

Lupus affects different people in different ways. Many people with lupus have problems with their kidneys. How does lupus affect the kidneys? Your kidneys filter waste and extra water out of your ...

Other countries show what is possible. Israel began incentivizing living kidney donation in 2008 and has seen a dramatic ...