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6 days ago · kidney transplant, replacement of a diseased or damaged kidney with a healthy one obtained either from a living relative or a recently deceased person. Kidney transplant is a treatment for persons who have chronic renal failure requiring dialysis.
- Organ Transplants
The kidney was the first organ to be transplanted...
- Organ Transplants
Jun 25, 2024 · The kidney was the first organ to be transplanted successfully in humans, and experience is now considerable. Effective methods of preventing graft rejection have been available since the 1960s. Fatal kidney disease is relatively common in young people.
Jul 7, 2024 · The first human-to-human kidney transplant was performed in 1933 in Ukraine, but it was not until 1954 that the first successful kidney transplant was carried out. The operation was performed in Boston, led by Joseph Murray (1919–2012) (1).
Jun 25, 2024 · Here’s how it works . Doctors in the U.S. have successfully performed kidney transplant surgery on a man who was awake throughout the whole procedure. On May 24, John Nicholas became the...
Jul 9, 2024 · CNN — Lisa Pisano, the first person to receive a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited pig kidney, died Sunday, according to NYU Langone Health, where she had the surgery. Pisano...
Jun 25, 2024 · Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine performed a kidney transplant on an awake patient, marking a first for the Chicago-based healthcare system. The patient, 28-year-old John Nicholas of...
Jun 26, 2024 · HealthDay News — John Nicolas, a Chicago resident, has become the first person to receive a kidney transplant while awake, according to his doctors at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
