11.   Mendelson, who received a kidney, said he was very thankful.

12.   On Monday, the five-term district attorney received a kidney donated by his bodyguard, Detective Daniel Ingellis.

13.   On Friday, he went back into surgery to receive another kidney, this time from a cousin.

14.   San Antonio Spurs forward Sean Elliott was upbeat when he met the media Thursday, three days after the basketball player received a kidney from his brother.

15.   Taiwanese patients can make arrangements to receive kidneys transplanted from executed criminals in China through an agent in southern Taiwan, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

16.   The number of patients who received Indian kidneys may be higher because local hospital records only registered those who had requested follow-up treatment after returning home, officials said.