News

The owner of a popular West Knoxville restaurant is recovering right now, a few months after receiving a kidney transplant.

For one Madison family, a living kidney donor could make a life-saving impact.

The National Kidney Registry announced a significant milestone in its ongoing efforts to help kidney patients find a living kidney donor. With the addition of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, 60 NKR member transplant centers nationwide now participate in its microsite program. The microsite program provides free websites and coaching to transplant patients seeking …

Shawn Moyer couldn’t have even predicted Elena Hershey would be his date a little more than a week before their prom 35 years ago, much less the person who would give him a kidney transplant.

Paul Pelosi, the husband of San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, is recovering after a kidney transplant.

A family has been brought even closer together after a daughter gave her father the gift of a second chance.

Colorado couple Ashley and Jimmy Cleverly were living a picture perfect life, until a diagnosis left Jimmy in need of a kidney. But his wife Ashley turned out to be his savior.

Today the National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced that December 2024 was a record month for living donor transplants achieved through the microsite program, with 32 microsite patients receiving transplants. The microsite program provides free websites and coaching to transplant patients seeking a living donor to increase their chances of achieving a living donor transplant. Launched …

An estimated 17 people die each day in the U.S. waiting for an organ transplant from a deceased donor, according to federal data. The vast majority are in need of a kidney. But simply waiting to get pulled off the years-long waitlist is not their only option.

A Middleburg woman is being called a hero. Fawna Moore donated a kidney to Vicki Beecher after learning about a program that matches donors with veterans in need.