Therapy helps hard-to-transplant get a new kidney

Oct. 13, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly one in three patients who need a kidney transplant may never get one because their bodies are abnormally primed to attack a donated organ....

Chicago patient sues over HIV kidney

CHICAGO, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A lawsuit contends a Chicago hospital didn't tell a patient her new kidney came from a homosexual donor who turned out to have hepatitis and the HIV virus.

Post-transplant steroid therapy: Unneeded?

CINCINNATI, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say the use of modern immunosuppressive drugs eliminates the need for steroid therapy as early as seven days following a kidney transplant.

End of transplant drugs may be near

KIEL, Germany, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- German scientists say they've created a technique that might avoid the necessity of transplant patients taking anti-rejection drugs the rest of their lives.

Protocol opens up more kidney transplants

LOS ANGELES, July 16 (UPI) -- A new therapy improves transplant rates and outcomes for patients waiting for kidney transplants, said Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Multi-target therapy helps lupus patients

NANJING, China, July 3 (UPI) -- Chinese scientists say a treatment using several drugs targeting various parts of the immune system helps patients with severe lupus involving the kidneys.

Canadian woman goes online for kidney

VICTORIA, British Columbia, June 28 (UPI) -- A woman in the Canadian province of British Columbia says she is searching the Internet for a new kidney for her husband.

Liver-kidney operations facing criticism

PHILADELPHIA, June 15 (UPI) -- U.S. transplant programs that gave patients both new kidneys and livers should face medical reviews, University of Pennsylvania researchers say.

Woman dies after getting infected kidney

BOSTON, May 13 (UPI) -- Health officials said a 70-year-old woman died in Boston after receiving a kidney infected with lymphocyte choriomeningitis virus.

Kidney disease rougher for blacks

BETHESDA, Md., May 7 (UPI) -- Kidney disease worsens in one-quarter of African-Americans despite high blood pressure treatment, a U.S. study said.

Mother denied daughter's kidney

LONDON, April 12 (UPI) -- A mother in England says she was denied her daughter's kidney because her daughter failed to register as a donor before dying of an asthma attack.

Report: U.S. should emulate Iran on donors

WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI) -- The United States should address the shortage of kidneys for transplant by allowing compensation for donors, the way Iran does, a Cato Institute report said.

Kidney donation reunites old friends

NEW YORK, March 1 (UPI) -- Two childhood friends are celebrating their successful kidney donation and transplant in New York after being reconnected by a random online link.

Alleged kingpin of kidney racket deported

KATHMANDU, India, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A doctor suspected of masterminding a kidney trading ring was returned to India Saturday after being found in Nepal.

Nepal police arrest kidney doctor

KATHMANDU, Nepal, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A doctor, accused of running a kidney transplant scam in India, was arrested in neighboring Nepal, CNN reported Friday.

Kidney can clean its own filters

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said that breakdown of a kidney's self-cleaning feature can make kidneys more vulnerable to dysfunction and disease.