Kidney transplantation

are on a waiting list for an organ transplant. (life) While most organ and tissue donations occur after the donor has died, some organs (including a kidney or…

Healthy, and normal life outside of a hospital. Organ Transplantation is a long and hard process that many people have to encounter. Giving someone a second chance at life, what could be better than knowing you saved someone's life. That's what organ donation can give you.The need for organs is constantly growing,…

Doctors have been performing organ transplants since the year 1954. Organ transplantation is a very difficult task and requires a lot of training, skill, and patience. The first recorded organ transplant was performed on December 23, 1954, it was performed on twin brothers, Ronald and Richard Herrick. The doctor that performed this surgery was Dr. Joseph Murray. He was the Nobel winner for performing the first ever kidney transplant, and he died at the age of 93. Since then education and…

world. Someone with a bad heart is not being rude or evil for asking for another; it could be a person who is young and full of life. Maybe someone needed a kidney and it was not his fault that his stopped working. Kidneys are important, because their function is to keep the blood flow stable, which allows a person to stay healthy. Without a kidney, a person could become extremely ill, or,…

In the United States organs are not easy things to come by. As each year comes and goes, more and more people stay on waiting lists for donations that could potentially save their lives. While organ donation is a controversial topic, it does not shield the need for more donations to be made. Some view organ donation as something that should be voluntary but unfortunately there are not enough people coming forward for it to stay this way. Organ donation should be an unawarded mandated practice in…

useless after passing away, it seems silly not to give to those in need. Mothers, fathers, children, and friends are all on the list. Organ failure does not discriminate. I have first handedly witnessed someone go through organ failure. My mother’s kidneys began failing in 2011, when I was in eighth grade. It was a shock to everyone, especially me, because my mom was only 34 years old. She seemed perfectly healthy to me. I didn’t quite understand how an organ failed or why it happens to…

people in the world that die every year due to not enough life-saving organs, specifically kidneys. End Stage Renal Disease is when the kidneys stop working and the patient must endure grueling dialysis treatments and put on the transplant list, where they wait for a very long time for a cadaver kidney donation (MacKay ##). With only these options, some patients look to the black market to purchase a kidney, because it is banned in the United States. MacKay's argument is that "Governments should…

across the United States. Of this amount, almost sixty percent of this number are people waiting for kidney transplants. The only problem is that there are not enough people willing to donate their kidneys to strangers. It does not seem fair that the pharmaceutical and insurance companies are the only ones who reap the benefits of organ donation. If people were to be compensated for their kidneys’, more people would donate and get on the registry list. Compensating donors would get more…

Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, also known as ADPKD, is the most commonly inherited kidney disease with over 400,000 US cases per year, Usually an adult-onset disease, ADPKD occurs in individuals and families of different races equally, all over the world. ADPKD causes numerous fluid filled cysts to form in both of the kidneys. As it progresses, the cysts slowly replace most of the normal mass of the kidneys. When this occurs, the cysts often reduce kidney function, which can lead…

bacteria. There are two types of Shiga toxins that can lead to HUS, Shiga Toxin 1 (Stx1) and Shiga Toxin 2 (Stx2). There have been structural differences found between the two types as well as evidence to show that type 2 Stx causes more harmful kidney…