kidney

An Australian Taylor Swift fan has admitted she was torn between attending the pop star's Sydney show and undergoing a vital kidney transplant. Taylor, the “Shake It Off” producer, has …

Finn, from Clonmel, Co Tipperary, will be celebrating Christmas free from being hooked up to a kidney dialysis machine for the first time in years, thanks to the generosity of …

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital perform a groundbreaking procedure (Photo: Massachusetts General Hospital) Doctors in Boston have performed the world's first kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig to a …

An Irish family shares their experience of organ transplantation, with six members of the family having received kidney transplants over the years. Four years ago Emma O'Connor gave the gift …

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Scientists plan to double-match blood intended for use in kidney transplant patients to lower the chances that their donated kidneys will be rejected. Not only will researchers ensure that blood …

John Brennan, from Louth, who received a heart transplant in 2018 and is on the waiting list for a kidney transplant, welcomes the new laws which mean anyone can become …

A family member had a genetic condition called polycystic kidney disease and needed a transplant. Grandmother Margaret Fitzgerald, 70, from Butevant, and her son Michael Fitzgerald, 49, from Carrigaline, who …

The world is full of bad news, and there seems to be a constant stream of news about the worst things people do to one another, but every once in …

A pig kidney has been successfully transplanted into a human patient for the first time, in what could be a major scientific breakthrough. For years, people have believed the method …