A new study published in the journal Blood has identified a protein that could diagnose chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD), a...

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‘Once the function of the kidneys drops exponentially, the creatinine level in the blood rises to fatal levels. In such a situation, the...

A Japanese organization believes one child’s unwanted toy could help save another child’s treasure — and teach both a valuable lesson....

Transplant surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center have performed the first lung transplant in Texas using donated lungs treated with...

A Kansas City Dream Factory teenager who has been on a waiting list for a new kidney for two months finally has one. KMBC first reported...

The Conferences Committee for the 47th ANNA National Symposium, the ANNA Research Committee, and the ANNA Specialty Practice Leaders have...

Electron micrographs of hepatitis C virus purified from cell culture. Scale bar is 50 nanometers. Credit: Center for the Study of...

In 2007, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid implemented the Conditions of Participation policy to establish expectations for liver...

By Yolanda Smith, BPharm A kidney transplant is a valuable procedure that is able to dramatically improve the quality of life of many...

After a kidney transplant, women may experience decreased kidney damage from ischemia reperfusion injury compared to men due to the...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) April is Organ Donation Awareness Month. The push for awareness can help infants, children, and teens in West...

PEMBROKE PINES — All kinds of bears — “Star Wars” bears and sports bears and princess bears — became the newly prized possessions of a...

High-volume lung transplant centers have lower transplantation costs and their patients are less likely to be readmitted within 30 days...

A new study from physicians at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, found there may be long-term benefits to simultaneous liver-kidney...

UCLA scientists say the finding that every patient’s response to medical treatment produces a parabola-shaped graph, like those here, is...

Organ transplant patient Michele Coleman receives a follow-up exam a few months after surgeons at Washington University School of...

Scientists at BC Children’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia have developed a gene therapy that programs a type of immune...

By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 24, 2016 (HealthDay News) — More than half of kidney transplant recipients wind up...

For years, candidates for kidney transplants have had to bide their time on the waiting list until someone who’s a match donates a...