Learn more about kidney transplants at these websites:

American Association of Kidney Patients helps patients and their families to cope with all aspects of kidney failure.

DonateLife is a group of organizations working together to inform the public about organ and tissue donation.

LifeChoice Donor Services facilitates the organ donation process and allocates organs to those in need.

Medicare provides coverage for individuals with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).

National Kidney Foundation (NSF) is a health organization committed to the prevention of kidney disease and to increase the availability of organs for transplantation.

Nephron Information Center was developed for renal patients and physicians to expand their knowledge of kidney disease and its major causes.

The New England Program for Kidney Exchange (NEPKE) is a registry program of all 14 transplant ceter hospitals and lifechoice donor services in region 1.  NEPKE is a paired exchange program designed to overcome the biological obstacles for transplant candidates who have a willing living kidney donor but whose donor is unable to donate because of an incompatible blood type or positive crossmatch.

OrganDonor, created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, provides information regarding organ donation and transplantation. 

Statistical Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients is a national database of statistics related to solid organ transplantation - kidney, liver, pancreas, intestine, heart and lung.  The registry covers the full range of transplant activity, from organ donation and waiting list candidates to transplant recipients and survival statistics.

Transweb offers information about organ transplantation and donation.

United Network for Organ Sharing is a federally funded, private agency that monitors all the business of transplantation.