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A kidney transplant is an operation where a healthy kidney from one person (the donor) is transferred to a person who has little or no kidney function (the recipient).

Kidney failure linked to lower quality of life, psychosocial challenges in young adults

Kidney failure is associated with lower quality of life in young people and limited employment, independence, and relationships compared with healthy peers, according to an analysis appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

20 Oct 2017

Study examines effects of poor sleep on progression of chronic kidney disease

People with chronic kidney disease may be especially vulnerable to the deleterious effects of poor sleep, according to a new paper published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

15 Sep 2017

Loyola Medicine reaches another major milestone with successful first pancreas transplant

Loyola Medicine's solid organ transplant program has reached another major milestone with the successful performance of its first pancreas transplant.

4 Sep 2017

New analysis explores promising strategies to increase living kidney donation

A new analysis indicates that few strategies to increase living kidney donation have been evaluated effectively; however, educational strategies targeted to recipients and their family and friends have the best evidence of being successful.

18 Aug 2017

Study: Deceased donor kidneys get declined many times before being accepted for transplantation

A new study indicates that deceased donor kidneys are typically offered and declined many times before being accepted for transplantation.

27 Jul 2017

Scientists notice shift in transmission mechanism of HEV infections

Hepatitis E gets little press compared to its better-known cousins A, B, and C, but Stellenbosch University virologists say we should wake up to how transmission of this virus is changing. World Hepatitis Day is commemorated on 28 July.

27 Jul 2017

UD researchers combat chronic kidney disease with exercise

A University of Delaware research team in the College of Health Sciences is combating chronic kidney disease (CKD) with exercise.

28 Jun 2017

Elevated levels of suPAR protein combine with genetic mutation to trigger CKD in black people

Between 15 and 20 percent of black people carry a genetic mutation that puts them at risk for certain chronic kidney disease, but only about half of them develop the illness – a variance that long has puzzled researchers.

27 Jun 2017

New calculator could provide useful information to kidney transplant candidates

Researchers have developed a calculator that estimates the likelihood that a given patient who receives a kidney transplant from a particular living donor would have a functioning kidney 5 and 10 years after transplantation.

9 Jun 2017

Kidney graft success depends on age, sex of donor and recipient, study reveals

The success of kidney transplant is dependent on the age and sex of both the donor and the recipient, according to research published today in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

8 Jun 2017

Diabetic donor kidneys may offer greater survival benefit to transplant candidates

A new study indicates that receiving donor kidneys from individuals with diabetes may offer a greater survival benefit than remaining on the waitlist for many transplant candidates.

27 May 2017

Diabetic donor kidneys could save lives of patients on transplant waitlist

There are more than 98,000 people currently awaiting a kidney transplant in the United States. But the organs are in short supply: only about 17,000 patients will receive transplants each year.

25 May 2017

Cancer screening for transplant patients do not meet existing guidelines, new study finds

People who have received organ transplants are at higher risk of developing and dying of cancer than the general population. Yet their rates of cancer screening do not meet existing guidelines, a new study has found.

9 May 2017

New treatment offers hope for kidney failure and transplant patients with rare disorder

A novel treatment offers kidney failure and kidney transplant patients with a rare disorder new hope. The treatment allows targeted elimination of plasma cell clones producing abnormal proteins that deposits in the kidneys and leads to kidney failure, according to new research.

3 May 2017

Scientists reveal unexpected route to slow progression of diabetic kidney disease

More than 660,000 people in the United States suffer from end-stage kidney disease, which can only be treated by dialysis or kidney transplantation. Almost half of these patients develop the condition as a complication of diabetes.

25 Apr 2017

Researchers aim to develop machine-learning method to better predict risks of organ donation

Organ transplants are a game of odds. Success depends on a number of factors: how old and how healthy the donor is, how old and how healthy the recipient is, how good a biological match can be found, how ready the patient is to receive it.

24 Apr 2017

Testing for molecular markers in urine could reveal early signs of kidney transplant failure

Testing for molecular markers in the urine of kidney transplant patients could reveal whether the transplant is failing and why, according to research presented at the 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

24 Apr 2017

Global Kidney Health Atlas highlights huge gaps in CKD care and prevention

Despite one in 10 people worldwide having chronic kidney disease, a new global report - The Global Kidney Health Atlas - presented at this week's World Congress of Nephrology in Mexico City and compiled by the International Society of Nephrology and kidney health experts worldwide and published in JAMA- highlights the huge gaps in kidney disease care and prevention in both developed and developing countries, with many countries not prioritising kidney health.

21 Apr 2017

Fitness and wellness coaching before surgery could reduce patient's hospital stay, study finds

A 5K fun run shouldn't involve more physical preparation than major surgery, but that's the disconnect Michael Englesbe, M.D., sees all too often.

10 Apr 2017

Kidney transplant success may rely on donor's weight and sex, study shows

A new study indicates that the success of a kidney transplant may rely in part on a kidney donor's weight and sex, factors that are not typically considered when choosing a recipient for a deceased donor kidney.

30 Mar 2017