In Iran, a unique system allows people to buy and sell kidneys. The program has been championed by some Western doctors as a way to cut time for lifesaving transplants. However, some ethicists worry about taking advantage of the poor. (Aug. 16)
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AP (Aug. 2, 2013) — Researchers are developing an artificial kidney that would be implanted in a patient. The wallet-size device could dramatically improve life for people who rely on dialysis to cope with kidney ... watch video
Reuters (Dec. 18, 2013) — Australian researchers have grown a rudimentary kidney in the laboratory from human stem cells. The development could pave the way for vastly improved treatments for kidney disease patients while ... watch video
AP (Jan. 26, 2016) — Melanie Chirichella had been waiting a year and a half for a kidney transplant when she got the call from her doctors that they had a kidney. The only thing in her way was a blizzard.(26 Jan.)
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Reuters - Innovations Video Online (Jan. 28, 2016) — Surgeons use 3D printed models of 2-year-old Lucy Boucher's abdomen and her father's kidney to figure out how to successfully transplant an adult kidney into a child. Matthew Stock reports.
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AP (Feb. 25, 2014) — A transplant facility in the Midwest is experimenting with a new model to procure organs that may be faster, cheaper, safer and better for recipients - bring donors to doctors instead of doctors ... watch video
AP (Jan. 15, 2015) — President Barack Obama is renewing a push for Congress, cities and states to provide paid leave for workers. He directed federal agencies Thursday to advance six weeks of paid sick leave that federal ... watch video
Newsy (June 8, 2015) — A new trend in kidney donations involves a series of connected strangers and is helping more people get off the massive transplant waiting list.
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Newsy (Jan. 20, 2015) — The president is proposing paid parental leave and paid sick leave — an all-out retooling of the archaic Family and Medical Leave Act.
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Sep. 8, 2016 — Additional insight has been shed on how bacteria in the gut, or lack thereof, influences intestinal mast cells (MMC) activation and perhaps fat absorption. Mast cells are intimately involved with the ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 — Scientists have implicated a type of stem cell in the calcification of blood vessels that is common in patients with chronic ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 — Neutrophils are the superheroes of the body's immune system. Normally mild-mannered, they travel through the bloodstream until they reach an emergency situation, such as a cut or infection, where ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 — Is life better or worse after sticking your Fitbit in a drawer? Researchers surveyed hundreds of people who had abandoned self-tracking tools and found emotions ranged from guilt to indifference to ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 — A scanning technique for bones has been created that does not expose patients to X-ray radiation but provides exceptional 3-D images from which diagnoses and prognoses can be made. Their technique ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 — During the first three months after stroke, the risk for depression was found to be eight times higher than in a reference population of people without stroke, according to a new ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 — For many people, there's nothing more satisfying than a hot, spicy meal. But some research has suggested that capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick, might cause cancer. Now ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 — Intracellular defects that lead to cells' failure to decommission faulty 'power packs' known as mitochondria cause nerve cells to die, triggering the symptoms of ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 — Dining environments can have serious consequences for eating behaviors, say investigators. The study findings may have important implications not only for college and university students, but also ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 — A researcher studying how the brain uses perception of the environment to guide action has a new understanding of the neural circuits responsible for transforming sensation into ... read more
Mar. 11, 2015 — Kidneys from deceased donors that have acute injuries are frequently discarded instead of being used for transplant. However, a study finds that such kidneys may be more viable than previously ... read more
Nov. 20, 2014 — Living organ donors who later need kidney transplants have much shorter waiting times, and they receive higher quality kidneys compared with similar people on the waiting list who were not organ ... read more
Nov. 13, 2014 — Transplanted kidneys may not function long-term if they come from donors with variants in a particular gene. Results from a study confirmed that 2 APOL1 gene variants in donor kidneys were associated ... read more
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