HISTORICAL FACTS: Kidney transplant - Caught on Camera

A Kitten Scratch Was the Clue Behind a Transplant Patient's Hidden Blood Infection and Rare Immune Storm

A kidney transplant patient developed HLH, a rare immune overreaction, from a cat-scratch bacterium. Gene sequencing finally exposed the culprit.

Medical Daily · Oct 13

Ray Vetuskey, 64, marks ‘100th birthday’ of kidney his mother donated at 52 when he was 16

Ray Vetuskey, 64, is marking the 100th birthday of the kidney his mother donated to him when he was 16. The transplant, performed in 1978, has survived far beyond the typical 15–20 years. Doctors expect the kidney to last for life, while Vetuskey remains Strong Memorial Hospital’s longest-surviving kidney transplant…

The Times of India · Oct 1

Dialysis Three Times a Week: The Real Kidney Treatment Burden Indian Families Carry

The numbers behind the scheduleIndia adds roughly 2.2 lakh new end-stage renal disease patients every year, according to data published in the Indian Journal of Nephrology. Of those, fewer than 10 percent receive any renal replacement therapy at all, dialysis or transplant. For the families who do manage to get…

Times Life · Sep 27

Man kept alive by pig kidney for nine months in world first

Tim Andrews, who had end-stage kidney disease, was 66 when he received the pig kidney in January 2025

The Independent UK · Sep 3

St. Louis Surgeons Report First Robotic Liver and Kidney Double Transplant Through a Three Inch Incision

WashU Medicine surgeons report the first robotic combined liver-kidney transplant, replacing a 16-inch incision with one of about three inches.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Groundbreaking new kidney transplant process rolled out on NHS

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The Independent UK · Aug 17

NHS programme could prevent 100 kidney transplants being rejected each year

In addition to ensuring blood types match, scientists will now align white blood cells as closely as possible

The Independent UK · Aug 16

Fewer kidney transplants will be ‘rejected’ thanks to new specialist programme

Experts estimate that around 100 fewer kidneys will be rejected each year.

Evening Standard · Aug 16

John Gotti’s grandson Carmine Agnello heads to prison over COVID fraud after kidney transplant for mom Victoria Gotti falls through. Here's what happened

John Gotti’s grandson Carmine Agnello has reported to federal prison after a judge denied another request to delay his 15-month sentence. Agnello had sought more time to donate a kidney to his mother, Victoria Gotti but doctors weren’t able to proceed with surgery because his mom had suffered a severe…

The Economic Times · Aug 11

Kidney disease is also a brain disease. Here’s why

Generally speaking, when we think of ‘kidney disease’, we think of dialysis or a kidney transplant. But it is less well known that kidney disease, which affects more than 10 per cent of the world’s population, can have significant consequences for the functioning of other organs.

The Conversation · Jul 29