Welcome to the web site of the Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund.
Find out moreWelcome to the web site of the Northern Ireland Kidney Research Fund.
Find out moreWe are a voluntary organisation which exists to support research and treatment of kidney disease
Find out morePromoting the National Organ Donor Register.
Find out moreThe NIKRF supports a wide variety of research projects that explore why persons develop kidney failure
Find out moreWhen was the first transplant?
A cornea was first transplanted in 1905. Blood transfusion became established in 1918 and the first successful kidney transplant was in 1954. The first heart transplant took place in 1967.
Why do we need to agree to become donors?
Because in the United Kingdom organs from a potential donor cannot be taken for transplantation without the relatives’ permission.
Can't they keep you alive with machines?
Machines can keep the blood circulating after death and this allows organs to be used for transplantation, but a patient who is brain-stem dead cannot recover.
There are Northern Ireland Kidney research Fund Groups throughout Northern Ireland all of which operate on a totally voluntary semi autonomous basis.
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