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Today marks the 66th Anniversary of the first successful long-term kidney transplant! Click here to read the full story. On Dec. 23, 1954, the first successful human kidney transplant took place at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as a surgical team removed a kidney from 23-year-old Rona
5 minute podcast on the groundbreaking 1954 kidney transplant between identical twins, setting the stage for future organ transplants. Discover the inspiring story of Dr. Joseph Murray, whose pioneering work in overcoming the body's rejection response led to the Nobel Prize.
After many failed efforts since the first attempt in 1936, the first success was in Boston in 1954. It was between identical twins, so rejection was not a concern.
Organ transplantation is the best therapy for terminal and irreversible organ failure. Kidney transplantation introduced in the 1950s was the pioneer solid organ transplant to treat patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in an era when renal replacement therapies were in their first steps.
Dr. Joseph Murray revolutionized the field of transplant medicine in 1954 by pioneering the first successful kidney transplant. His groundbreaking work has saved countless lives through the practice of organ transplantation.
It took decades from the first success — a kidney in 1954 — to transplant 1 million organs, and officials can't reveal if this latest was a kidney, too, or some other organ. But advocates...
ON THIS DAY: In 1954, the first successful human kidney transplant took place at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as a surgical team removed a kidney from 23-year-old Ronald Herrick and implanted it in Herrick’s twin brother, Richard.