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The family of a 13-year-old organ donor will meet the boy who received his heart and turned a tragedy into hope for both families.

Kidney failure is a common symptom of multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer that affects the body's plasma cells. That's exactly what happened to Joan Kukla, a 70-year-old Cleveland, Ohio, …

BMC Surgery We invite submissions for our collection on “Liver Transplantation.” Liver transplantation is one of the most effective treatments for end-stage liver disease. Although it has developed rapidly in …

The Royal Free Hospital has created a moving film to encourage people to sign the organ donor register. The Royal Free Hospital …

It all started with a 17-year-old patient. Let's say her name was Mary. Mary was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia and underwent a bone marrow transplant (BMT) from an unrelated …

Cureus Extended Hemodialysis Enhances Middle Molecule Clearance in Patients with Low Blood Flow Rates in Tunneled Dialysis Catheters Overview: Extended hemodialysis (HDx) is based on middle molecule cut-off (MCO) membranes …

Introduction Over 10% of the world’s population are suffering from chronic kidney disease (CKD) (1). As this disease progresses, CKD eventually develops into end-stage renal disease, requiring that patients receive …

John and Pat from NMH Nicholas' best friend from grade school donated a kidney to him Nicholas began having problems with his kidneys when he was 16, …

A novel combined cellular therapy for kidney transplantation helps to reduce donor-specific responses to the transplanted organ without the need for maintenance triple immunosuppression. The overall diversity of the T …

No words can truly describe how much Naishanda Larramore loved her husband Leonard Wayne Larramore. “His heart was so …