Margaret Romine, M.D. (center) performs UAB’s first NKR kidney transplant.The University of Alabama at Birmingham has joined the National Kidney Registry (NKR), connecting Alabama patients to a nationwide network responsible for nearly one-third of …
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Liver Transplantation
Children’s of Alabama and UAB perform first split-liver transplant in decade
by News Sourceby News SourceBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — Children’s of Alabama, in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Division of Transplantation, announced it successfully performed a rare split-liver transplantation. The hospital …
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Videos
'A true hero': Community rallies to support family of organ donor Kimber Mills
by News Sourceby News SourceThe community is coming together to honor the legacy of Kimber Mills, a hero whose organ donation is saving lives. At UAB …
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Alabama woman who lived with Pig kidneys The organs were removed after her body began rejecting it for a record 130 days and returned to dialysis, doctors announced Friday. Towana …
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Alabama woman passed a major milestone on Saturday and became the recipient of the longest lifetime of pig organ transplants. Healthy and full of energy with new kidneys for 61 …
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Kidney Transplantation
Alabama woman receives experimental gene-edited pig kidney transplant
by News Sourceby News SourceIE11 is not supported. For the best experience, please visit our site in a different browser. to the next CIA announces new coronavirus likely originated in a Chinese lab 00:31 …
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A tearful reunion took place at Children's Hospital on Wednesday as a woman who had received a bone marrow transplant met her donor. “It's a daily blessing to get through …
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Dialysis
Kidney Foundation of Alabama holds annual walk and celebration
by Julia Avantby Julia AvantMONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Alabama has the highest number of dialysis patients waiting for organ donation per capita in the nation. “Getting dialysis is very expensive. It’s a very arduous …