Kidney failure and dialysis

when the immune system recognises a transplanted organ as foreign and attacks it

medicines taken after an organ transplant that reduce the activity of the immune system to prevent the body rejecting the new organ

a carefully controlled liquid used in dialysis that contains normal levels of glucose and ions but no urea, allowing waste substances to diffuse out of the blood

a surgical procedure in which a healthy kidney from a donor is placed into a patient with kidney failure

medical treatment that uses a machine to remove urea, excess ions and excess water from the blood when the kidneys are not working properly