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  2. List of organ transplant donors and recipients - Wikipedia

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    The kidney was donated by Wellington radio presenter Grant Kereama. Lomu came back to professional rugby in 2005, though not with his past success. July 28, 2004 11 years [50] George Lopez (1961–) Actor-comedian and star of the George Lopez TV series. Kidney transplant from his wife, Ann Lopez, in April 2005 April 2005 [51] Sarah Hyland (1990–)

  3. HIV-positive transplants now permitted for livers and kidneys

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    A total of 500 kidney and liver transplants from HIV-positive donors have been performed in the U.S. as part of research studies. Leukemia Patient Receives First-ever Bone Marrow Transplant From ...

  4. Kidney transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Once they are placed on the waiting list, they can receive a new kidney very quickly, or they may have to wait many years; in the United States, the average waiting time is three to five years. [4] During transplant surgery, the new kidney is usually placed in the lower abdomen (belly); the person's two native kidneys are not usually taken out ...

  5. United Network for Organ Sharing - Wikipedia

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    54-1327878 [2]: Legal status: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization [2] Headquarters: Richmond, Virginia, U.S. [3]: Coordinates: Services: Manages the U.S. organ transplant system under contract with the federal government by bringing together transplant and organ procurement professionals and volunteers in order to make life-saving organ transplants possible.

  6. California Pacific Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    On June 5, 2015, surgeons at CPMC and University of California, San Francisco successfully completed 18 surgeries in the nation's first nine-way, two-day kidney transplant chain in a single city. [49] [50] [51]

  7. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease - Wikipedia

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    Among American patients on the kidney-transplant waiting list (as of December 2011), 7256 (8.4%) were listed due to cystic kidney disease and of the 16,055 renal transplants performed in 2011, 2057 (12.8%) were done for patients with cystic kidney disease, with 1,189 from deceased donors and 868 from living donors. [80]

  8. National Kidney Registry - Wikipedia

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    More than one-third of potential living kidney donors who want to donate their kidney to a friend or family member cannot because of blood type or antibody incompatibility. [3] Historically, these donors would be turned away and the patient would lose the opportunity to receive a life-saving kidney transplant. KPD overcomes donor-recipient ...

  9. Anthony Richardson's 2-point conversion run with 12 seconds ...

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    Anthony Richardson scored on a 2-point conversion run up the middle with 12 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to give the Indianapolis Colts a 25–24 win over the New England Patriots on ...