Living Donor

SAN DIEGO — Racial disparities in preemptive living donor kidney transplantation access have persisted in the United States during the last 2 decades, according to researchers.

Immigrant and racialized status may affect readiness to pursue living donor kidney transplant, according to results of a study.

Racial disparities in living donor kidney transplants have not improved during an 11-year period, however, further study may identify strategies to improve access, according to results of a study.

PHILADELPHIA — Social demographics and insurance type are influential factors in efforts to increase interest in living kidney donation among patients on dialysis, researchers said at ASN Kidney Week.

Researchers at Stanford Medicine showed that a stem cell transplant from a living-related kidney donor before the recipient received the transplant from the same donor eliminated the need for use of immunosuppressive drugs long term.

A bill aimed at eliminating discrimination against individuals who are turned down for life, disability and long-term care insurance because they are organ donors has been reintroduced in Congress.

The Health Resources Services Administration, which oversees the contract with the United Network for Organ Sharing to manage the U.S. organ procurement system, has launched a new initiative aimed at improving access to donor organs.

The American Kidney Fund released its 2023 State of the States: Living Donor Protection Report Card and gave the U.S. an overall grade of a C.

The National Kidney Registry announced the Donor Shield program, which expands its paid leave policy for employees who become living organ donors.

ORLANDO — Among self-identified Black and mixed-race Americans with end-stage kidney disease, 39% reported having at least one family member in prison who could have potentially donated a kidney, according to a presenter at ASN Kidney Week.