A 25-year-old man with progressive glomerulonephritis leading to end-stage kidney failure received a kidney transplant from his father.

Despite life-threatening warnings due to stage 5 kidney failure, a 27-year-old pregnant woman decided against terminating her pregnancy and, against the odds, had a safe delivery, later receiving a kidney donation from her mother to sustain her life.

A Michigan man died from rabies after receiving a donated kidney from a patient who had been scratched by a skunk.