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Today, we dive into the disturbing findings from an Health & Human Services investigation into organ donation, revealing that …

“Can you hear it?” The stuffed animal is making a sound. It’s the sound of her son’s heartbeat. He died in 2012. At Gate of Heaven Cemetery, the sun is …

A recent study in the Journal of Hepatology describes the first successful auxiliary liver xenotransplant from a genetically engineered pig into a living human. The recipient survived for 171 days, …

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“John’s my best friend,” James said. “Getting that medicine could save his life. He could get a liver — my liver.” On a recent crisp October day, the brothers walked …

The SpecThe good stuff: Mom thriving after heart transplant and couple meets the boy they saved at Disney WorldThe good news is that Krystina Henniker, who received a new heart …

A recent photo of TJ Hoover (left) with his sister Donna Lawler. In October 2021, Mr. Huber was declared dead and was on the verge of having his organs removed …

A former employee of a nonprofit organ recovery organization claims he was fired after he complained to a member of Congress about being asked to remove organs from still-living people. …

A 58-year-old American man has become the first person in the world to have his failing heart replaced with a temporary titanium blood pump. This metal organ appears to have …