More articles about: Kidney Transplant
Dinero is back to being an active toddler following a kidney transplant
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Formula prescription helps 2-year-old receive kidney transplant
Dinero's pediatric nephrology team developed a tailored formula to address his mineral deficiencies due to his chronic kidney disease, maintain nutritional health and avoid dialysis.
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A one-kidney family
Without hesitation, a father and mother both individually donate a kidney to each of their two children who were in desperate need.
Women in hospital room with masks on. Man near pond holding a fish.
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Man gets new kidney thanks to six-state transplant chain
Jason Gentry needed a kidney. Lisa Clouse wanted to give him hers. When the two weren’t a match, a paired kidney exchange across 6 states ensured Gentry — and 5 others — got the organs they needed.
purple kidneys on blue scan
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Precision medicine helps identify “at-risk rapid decliners” in early-stage kidney disease
A novel therapeutic may halt rapid kidney function in some type 1 diabetic kidney disease patients.
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Kidney Donation Connects Police Officers Beyond Line of Duty
Kidney transplant connects police officers through the gift of life.
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Free Apps Support Transplant Patients in Navigating their Health Care Visits
Two new, free apps help to navigate the complex transplant journey for kidney and liver transplant patients.
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Four-Time Organ Transplant Recipient Pays (and Pedals) It Forward
The gifts of life that healed a severely sick man inspired him to set a big goal to benefit others: Get 500,000 people to register as organ donors.   
Surgeons performing a kidney transplant in Ethiopia
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U-M’s Role in Ethiopia’s First Kidney Transplant
U-M worked with a hospital in Addis Ababa to bring hemodialysis treatments & kidney transplants to Ethiopia. Learn more about Ethiopia’s first kidney transplant.
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For Kidney Transplants, Timing Is Everything
New medical research from the University of Michigan shows about one-third of patients with transplants received their new kidney before starting dialysis.