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The National Kidney Registry has announced the first successful 0 HLA mismatched kidney transplant for a patient who entered paired exchange with a compatible donor. The pair was evaluated by the Johns Hopkins Hospital Transplant Program in April and rather than proceed with a direct donation transplant, the compatible pair opted to enter paired exchange …

The National Kidney Registry announced the successful completion of the first transcontinental direct donation kidney transplant. The donor surgery was completed on May 23 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, California. The kidney was then transported from San Diego to Boston on a red-eye flight that arrived early in the morning on May 24.

The National Kidney Registry announced the successful completion of its 2,000th paired exchange transplant, which took place last night at UCLA Medical Center. This milestone represents the most paired exchange transplants facilitated by a single registry and represents over a billion dollars in dialysis savings to the U.S government and approximately $300 million in savings …

The National Kidney Registry announced a record-breaking month, in which it facilitated 50 paired exchange transplants. The record breaks the former record of 46, set by the National Kidney Registry in December 2015. Garet Hil, President and CEO of the National Kidney Registry, attributes the higher volume to centers contributing more pairs to the national …

In a first-of-its-kind procedure in the United States, a patient with polycystic kidney disease was able to avoid dialysis when surgeons simultaneously removed two diseased kidneys and also transplanted a kidney from a living donor—all as part of a 28-person paired kidney exchange.

The National Kidney Registry announced the completion of a two-year reengineering project to allow hospitals to tie nearly all paired exchange costs back to patients transplanted. With the rapid expansion of services that increase the efficiency and reduce the risk of paired exchange transplantation, such as computerized matching, organ packaging, organ shipping, logistics support and …

The National Kidney Registry announced the successful completion of the first cryo cross-match today. This marks the launch of a cryo-preservation initiative that will allow NKR member centers to draw blood from potential donors once, freeze the blood cells and ship out many frozen vials of the donor’s blood. This innovative new process will expedite …

The National Kidney Registry announced the successful completion of its 1,000th paired exchange transplant, making it the first program in the world to complete 1,000 kidney exchange transplants. The 1,000th transplant, completed today at the University of Cincinnati, is part of a chain of 10 transplants. These transplants are taking place at other centers across …

Today, the National Kidney Registry announced the successful completion of Chain 221, the second-largest kidney swap in history and the largest swap to be concluded in under 40 days. Chain 221 involved 56 participants, 19 transplant centers and completed approximately one year after NKR’s largest swap which included 60 participants and was featured on the …

The National Kidney Registry announced the successful completion of its 500th paired exchange transplant. The surgery was completed yesterday, just before midnight, at UCLA’s Ronald Regan Medical Center. The NKR initiated its first exchange transplants just over four years ago, in February of 2008, at the Weill/Cornell Medical Center. Commenting on the past four years, …

The National Kidney Registry and Zabell & Associates announced today the favorable resolution of a lawsuit, funded by the National Kidney Registry, in support of a Good Samaritan donor, involving unlawful discrimination and workplace retaliation. The donor initiated a chain of transplants, organized by the National Kidney Registry, by donating her kidney to a stranger …

One Lambda, Inc., the leader in antibody detection products, and the National Kidney Registry announced the introduction of The Toolbox, a new innovative web module. The Toolbox is designed to help medical professionals make intelligent decisions on donor selection based on antibody profiles of patients. At the same time, The Toolbox will help medical professionals …

Today, the National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced the results of a major upgrade to its matching system that is increasing the number of matches found for kidney transplant patients with incompatible donors. The software upgrade has extended the NKR’s matching capability from two-deep loops and 12-deep chains to 20-deep loops and 20-deep chains. Early results …

BrickHouse Security, a leading provider of security and surveillance products to businesses and consumers, today announced that, in partnership with the National Kidney Registry (NKR), they have implemented the first real-time GPS tracking system for the shipment of living donor organs. The National Kidney Registry is the leader in facilitating paired exchange kidney transplants and …

On Valentine’s Day, one of the nation’s first three-way living-donor kidney transplant chains was initiated by New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and its medical partner The Rogosin Institute. The innovative approach—a NEAD (never-ending altruistic donor) chain—may dramatically improve the opportunity for patients in need of kidney transplants to find a compatible donor and potentially …

Last night, at the New York Academy of Medicine, Garet Hil, Founder and CEO of the National Kidney Registry, announced the completion of the first release of Best Match, the NKR’s state-of-the-art kidney matching system. The announcement was made at a gathering of transplant professionals. According to Hil, the software integrates a full featured web-based …