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Home Page - National Kidney Registry - Facilitating Living Donor Transplants

NKR
FACILITATED
TRANSPLANTS
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3350

Better Long-Term Transplant Outcomes
with the National Kidney Registry

The National Kidney Registry is finding better matches with better five year outcomes for kidney recipients with the largest pool of living donors across 85 transplant centers in the United States. More donors to choose from = better matches = better outcomes.

Better Patient Outcomes

Large Donor Pool = Better Matches
Better Matched Kidneys Last Longer
Kidneys Last Longer = Patients Live Longer

I am in need
of a kidney transplant

Donor Protections

Prioritization for Living Donor Kidney
Disability & Life Insurance Provided
And more...

I am considering
donating my kidney

Voucher Program

Donate Before You Are Too Old
Help Someone Who Is Not Yet In Need
And Help Others Currently In Need

I am interested in
the Voucher Program

NKR FACILITATED TRANSPLANTS
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3350

New York Times

60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked

ABC Nightline

History in the Making

CBS News

Kidney Chains Link Strangers

ABC News

Donation Leads to Unexpected Kindness

Better Long-Term Transplant Outcomes with the National Kidney Registry

The National Kidney Registry is finding better matches with better five year outcomes for kidney recipients with the largest pool of living donors across 85 transplant centers in the United States. More donors to choose from = better matches = better outcomes.

Better Patient Outcomes

Donor Protections

Voucher Program

I have an incompatible donor

I don't have a recipient

Diane Sawyer: Kidney Donation Leads to Unexpected Kindness

31% Lower Transplanted Kidney Failure Rate

Better Long-Term Transplant Outcomes
with the National Kidney Registry