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Significant variation in kidney transplant decision-making revealed among clinicians and centers • Apr. 16, 2025, 6:06 AM ET (Medical Xpress)

This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It? • Apr. 14, 2025, 4:41 AM ET (New York Times)

She set the record for living longest with a pig kidney. Then it failed. • Apr. 12, 2025, 2:38 AM ET (USA Today)

NBA GM is savoring life one year after kidney transplant from living donor • Apr. 11, 2025, 7:59 AM ET (USA Today)

The gut microbiome as a predictive factor for kidney rejection • Apr. 8, 2025, 1:50 AM ET (Medical Xpress)

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Also Known As	renal transplant

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kidney transplant bone marrow transplant heart transplant skin graft organ donation allograft

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Murray, Joseph E.

Joseph E. Murray

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