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After 11 years on dialysis, a Kentucky woman finally found a living kidney donor through the National Kidney Registry.

The National Kidney Registry (NKR) has achieved a significant milestone: 1,500 microsite patients have now received a living donor kidney transplant through the NKR’s Microsite Program. The Microsite Program gives kidney patients a free, personalized website and one-on-one coaching from a team of professional donor search coaches. Together, these resources help patients share their stories …

Two longtime coworkers and neighbors turned to the National Kidney Registry’s paired program to make a life-saving kidney transplant possible when they weren’t compatible matches.

The National Kidney Registry (NKR) is proud to welcome Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as its 30th Microsite Center of Excellence (MCE), honoring the transplant center’s outstanding success in using the NKR’s Microsite Program to help patients find living kidney donors. The NKR created the MCE program to establish a set of best practices for microsite …

Carolyn Read, a palliative care nurse practitioner who lives in Evanston, is the donor who started the chain that ultimately connected Ethan Carpenter to his ideal match.

Two longtime coworkers and neighbors turned to the National Kidney Registry’s paired program to make a life-saving kidney transplant possible when they weren’t compatible matches.

Jackie Dufresne and Jeannine Allard are two of seven children, but grew up like most twins: extremely close.

Two longtime coworkers and neighbors turned to the National Kidney Registry’s paired program to make a life-saving kidney transplant possible when they weren’t compatible matches.

The kindness of strangers can change lives. A downstate Illinois restaurant owner was shocked by the number of people who reached out to help him when he needed it most.

A mom in Clarksville, Indiana, is counting down the days until her 8-year-old son gets a new kidney.