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This is my story, somewhat condensed. When I was about 8 years old I started getting severe back pains, only to discover that one of my kidneys had fa...

http://www.kidney.org/livingdonationPriya Verghese is Professor of Nephrology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a pediat...

In the fall of 2015, Alex Fox saw a Facebook post that would change his life. It was a picture of Darienne, a young girl with special needs whose mom,...

In October 2011, my friend Matt’s life was turned upside down when he found out that he was in kidney failure and needed to start dialysis immediately...

Minnesota musician, filmmaker, producer and composer Chris Strouth had been dealing with kidney disease for years before his kidneys finally failed in...

Did you know that in 2016, kidney transplants saved more than 19,000 lives? Of course each of these transplants profoundly impacted the recipients, bu...

When Amanda was only 20 weeks pregnant with Preston, doctors noticed a problem with Preston’s kidneys. From that point forward, Amanda had multiple ul...

Explore the benefits of preemptive kidney transplants, including reduced rejection risk, improved quality of life, and avoiding dialysis.

Transplant is a treatment for kidney failure using a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor that can help patients live a longer, more normal ...