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Today, Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduced HR 6171, the Living Organ Donor Tax Credit Act. This bill would provide a one-time refundable tax credit of …

If you’re among the 54 percent of American adults who’ve registered to be an organ donor, it’s encouraging to know your decision …

Medical illustration of living kidney donation.Credit: Mayo Clinic More than 90,000 people in the United States are waiting for a kidney transplant, and demand outstrips available supply, highlighting the critical …

GARNER, N.C. (WTVD) — At just 23 years old, Harris Canady faces a battle he never expected. He is a musician, soil scientist, and North Carolina State University graduate whose …

Kyoto – Kyoto University Hospital announced on Monday that it had performed the world’s first simultaneous lung and liver transplant from a living donor. In an operation on November 15 …

Liver transplantation has been accepted as a life-saving treatment and standard of care for many forms of end-stage liver disease since the early 1980s. Initially, all liver transplants used livers …

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Thanks to a change in national policy, people who are in overall good health and live well-controlled type 2 diabetes can donate a kidney. Dr. Naim Issa …

When it comes to life-saving liver transplants in children, there are a variety of medical advantages to receiving organs from living donors compared to receiving organs from deceased donors. These …

Sixty percent of the liver transplants needed in the United States occur in children under 5 years of age. Leaders at Seattle Children’s Hospital say more awareness of living donors …

As previously observed, our results suggest that, considered as a whole, the psychosocial status of LKD remains stable after donation3, 9, 30, 31. Few adverse psychosocial outcomes following donation were …