WASHINGTON — Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people revoking organ donor registrations, their confidence shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man mistakenly declared …
A mum-of-two who developed a life-threatening autoimmune disease is still alive thanks to a world-first NHS decision to change the priority list for liver transplants. Acute on chronic liver failure …
After his life was upended by a debilitating illness, a young man from Montreal and his family are making a public plea in hopes of finding a compatible kidney donor. …
WASHINGTON — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked …
A medical team in London, Ont., has achieved a Canadian first: a groundbreaking technique that boosts the viability of donor organs. This breakthrough offers new hope for transplant patients by …
ST. LOUIS — Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died at age 98 he had one last thing to give: his liver. Allen, a veteran of …
Maryam De Groef says she and her husband moved countries often and would always apply to be organ donors wherever they lived, but they never could have imagined having to …
Kyoto – Kyoto University Hospital said Monday that it has performed the world’s first simultaneous lung and liver transplant from living donors. In the operation on Nov. 15 last year, …
Lawrence Faucette, a 58-year-old United States veteran, was dying of heart failure and had explored nearly every avenue for a life-saving transplant. Amidst the uncertainty, a glimmer of hope remained: …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s long after midnight when the bustling operating room suddenly falls quiet –- a moment of silence to honor the man lying on the table. This is …