If you’re living with kidney failure in Mississippi and need a transplant, chances are you’ll wait an average five years or more for a life-saving organ. But if you have a living donor, that wait time can be cut to mere weeks or months—and the donor doesn’t even have to be a match.
Kidney Transplant News
Guinness World Records: Longest Kidney Transplant Chain
The longest kidney transplant chain is 35, and was achieved by the National Kidney Registry, as verified between 6 January and 17 June 2015.
A Kidney Named Lefty: Through remote donation, a woman’s life is saved and a “sisterhood” is formed
In 2005, 70-year-old Barbara Gallas was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, a genetic disorder that causes many fluid-filled cysts to grow in the kidneys. Gallas needed a kidney transplant to save her life, and she was a candidate for UC San Diego Health’s Living Donor Kidney Transplant Program.
People in Transplant: Garet Hil
An interview with Garet Hil, MBA: Entrepreneur, Kidney Donor, and Founder/CEO of the National Kidney Registry.
A Look at Living Donor Organ Programs
Living donor Lisa Emmott and her husband, living donor and organ recipient, Neil Emmott on the importance of organ donor programs.
Kidney Swaps Are Revolutionizing a Broken Organ-Donation System in the U.S.
Lisa Emmott never thought much about the 37 million American adults who suffer from kidney disease until her husband Neil became one of them.
NYPD Detective Donates Kidney to Marine Vet’s Wife
Michael Lollo shares his incredible story of becoming an organ donor.
This nonprofit just took a big step to make kidney donation in the US easier
Donating a kidney saves a life—and now, thanks to the National Kidney Registry, it doesn’t have to cost you money.
Why I donated my kidney
My mom named my kidneys Sidney and Bodidney. Don’t ask why. None of us know. I just said goodbye to Sidney. On Thursday morning, I completed a five-month journey of becoming a kidney donor.
Kidney Voucher Program Aims to Up the Number of Live Donors
Every month about 3,000 new people are placed on the kidney transplant list. However, 13 people die each day waiting for their transplant. Now, a new national program is helping people get their transplant faster with the help of a complete stranger.