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Your Go-To-Guide for a Successful Kidney Advocacy Meeting

Meeting with your legislator can feel overwhelming, particularly for first-timers, but remembering the basics can ensure your session goes off without...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Policy and legislation,

Kidney transplantation

Xenotransplantation

Xenotransplantation involves using non-human cells, tissues, or organs, like pig kidneys, to treat human medical conditions. Learn about its uses, suc...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney transplantation

Transplants For All: Saving Lives, One Kidney at a Time

In 2021, there were 786,000 patients1 living with kidney failure, yet less than 25,0002 received a transplant that year. In 2022, the U.S. finally rea...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney transplantation

HRSA’s Plan to Modernize the Transplant System

Last week the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced it is taking several steps to modernize the U.S. organ transplant system. ...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney transplantation

Kidney for Roman: One Teenager’s Lifelong Journey

Roman McCormick was born with branchiootorenal/branchiootic syndrome, also known as BOR/BO syndrome. BOR/BO syndrome is a rare genetic condition that ...

Diseases and conditions,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Children and adolescents,

Rare kidney diseases and disorders,

Kidney transplantation

Focusing Our Patient-Driven Advocacy on Transplants for All

In 2022 the National Kidney Foundation took several key steps to follow through on our passionate commitment to transplants for all. The dedication of...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Kidney transplantation,

A Kidney Patient’s Journey to Advocacy

With Election Day around the corner, National Kidney Foundation advocates are already looking ahead to 2023, when state legislatures and a new Congres...

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney transplantation,

Patient advocacy

Kidney Transplant Allows Long Distance Runner to Race Again

In 2007, Ryan Shay, a professional athlete, collapsed during the US Olympic Marathon trials and later passed away from heart failure related to a pree...

Tests and procedures,

Diseases and conditions,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Kidney transplantation,

FSGS Can’t Stop Audra: “I Have More on My Journey”

Prior to 2006, Audra Skibo was dealing with mysterious health problems. At first, doctors believed it was multiple sclerosis or another disease that a...

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Diseases and conditions,

Kidney transplantation,

Living donation,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Glomerular diseases

Blockbuster Senate Hearing Focuses on Need for Transplant System Reform

On Wednesday, August 3, 2022, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing,A System in Need of Repair: Addressing Organizational Failures of the U.S....

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Policy and legislation,

Kidney transplantation