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  • What is a kidney transplant?
    Health - 17 Mar 2023
    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).
  • When is a kidney transplant needed?
    Health - 13 Mar 2023
    The most common reason for a kidney transplant is end stage kidney disease or kidney failure.
  • How is a kidney transplant performed?
    Health - 13 Mar 2023
    A kidney transplant is needed in persons who have end stage renal disease with 90% of their kidneys not functioning adequately to remove the waste products from the body.
  • Complications of kidney transplant
    Health - 13 Mar 2023
    A kidney transplant is a major operation. There are complications associated with most major operations that may occur with kidney transplant as well. These include pain, delayed wound healing,...
  • HIV and Organ Transplants
    Health - 29 Dec 2022
    The risk of HIV infection as a result of receiving an organ transplant is low. All organ donors undergo screening for HIV risk factors and are tested for the infection. However, although HIV testing...
  • Fecal Microbiota Transplant Regulation
    Health - 29 Dec 2022
    The gut microbiota has gained renewed importance in the light of its functions and complex contributions to bodily health and metabolic order, stemming from both local and distant actions. Disrupted...
  • What are Stem Cell Transplants?
    Health - 24 Sep 2022
    Stem cells are very early, undifferentiated forms of cells that can develop into specialized blood cells. Stem cells can also quickly multiply to produce more stem cells.
  • Study finds disparities in incidence, prognosis of perioperative stroke among pediatric heart transplant patients
    News - 13 Jul 2022
    Black children who underwent heart transplant surgery for the first time were more than three times as likely to die after six months than white children, according to new research published today in...
  • Retransplantation may provide better survival over dialysis after failed first kidney transplant
    News - 28 Dec 2021
    Kidney transplantation is the preferred therapy after kidney failure, but kidneys transplanted from deceased donors often do not last for the rest of a recipient's life.
  • How Does a Cornea Transplant Work?
    Health - 7 Dec 2021
    Corneal transplantation is a procedure that involves the repair of a damaged or diseased cornea with healthier cadaver tissue.

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