{"id":6606,"date":"2023-04-23T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=6606"},"modified":"2023-04-21T07:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T14:37:18","slug":"four-things-you-may-not-know-about-kidney-transplants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/04\/23\/four-things-you-may-not-know-about-kidney-transplants\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Things You May Not Know About Kidney Transplants"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6606\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>In 1954, the human kidney became the first organ to be transplanted successfully, an achievement that later earned surgeon Joseph Murray, MD, a Nobel Prize. Today, kidneys are the most commonly transplanted organ in the United States. Doctors at the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nyulangone.org\/locations\/nyu-langone-transplant-institute\" target=\"_blank\">NYU Langone Transplant Institute<\/a>\u00a0performed more than 300\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nyulangone.org\/locations\/nyu-langone-transplant-institute\/kidney-transplantation\" target=\"_blank\">kidney transplants<\/a>\u00a0last year alone. And the number of those patients who survived one year with their new kidney exceeded the national average. Despite the prevalence and success of the procedure, many people are in the dark about how it works. Here are four little-known facts about kidney transplants. <a href=\"https:\/\/nyulangone.org\/news\/four-things-you-may-not-know-about-kidney-transplants\">Read more<\/a> from NYU Langone Health News.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6606\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading In 1954, the human kidney became the first organ to be transplanted successfully, an achievement that later earned surgeon Joseph Murray, MD, a Nobel Prize. 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