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A 32-year-old Missouri man has a new lease on life, thanks to a stranger who donated his kidney after seeing a desperate Facebook post.

When Amanda DaSilva first received news of her son’s diagnosis, she never imagined that they would be graced with a miracle less than a year later.

An Andover High School English teacher has found a kidney, and her “champ,” in a Methuen man who cleared the way for her upcoming kidney transplant.

The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is pleased to announce that UVA Health West Complex in Charlottesville, Virginia, has joined the NKR’s Microsite Program as the newest participating center. Over 60 transplant centers nationwide are now part of the NKR’s effort to help patients find living kidney donors through personalized outreach tools. The UVA Transplant Center …

When Abel Linares’ kidney was failing, his two older daughters tried to help by donating their kidneys — but only his youngest daughter was a match.

Marshall County band teacher Nathan Haskew chose to donate a kidney to a friend, Stephen McClendon, a fellow deacon at Albertville First Baptist Church. McClendon’s kidneys started to shut down years ago when he returned from a mission trip in Texas.

Ahead of this weekend’s Kidney Walk, a family share their story of a Colorado Springs boy in need of a kidney transplant receiving help from a special donor.

Right now, there are more than 100-thousand Americans on the national transplant waiting list. One northwest Iowa man spent years on that list but now is on the road to recovery thanks to a friendship formed over an old car that led to a life-saving gift.

Forever connected: Longtime Thurston County tourism promoter given new kidney and lease on life from Rochester real estate agent Diane Weaver Simms.

When his friend’s life was on the line, a San Diego man answered the call and donated his kidney despite living about 2,000 miles away in Wisconsin.