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Public trust in organ donation in Egypt is shaped by concerns over illegal organ trafficking and diverse Islamic interpretations of posthumous donation. While some scholars support donation during life, others …

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — For Staten Islanders who believe in giving the ultimate gift, help is on the way. A new state initiative will cover up to $14,000 in expenses …

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Introduction Solid organ and tissue donations, although closely linked, have disparate histories. Tissue donations, especially skin grafts, date back millennia, with the Ebers Papyrus describing them in 1,500 BCE.[1]  In …

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (WLS) — A suburban school teacher and her students are celebrating her new chance at life. There was a warm welcome in Hoffman Estates into a new …

Washington — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Thursday new action to reform the nation’s organ transplant system, as well as a move to decertify …

A major medical milestone has been reached with the successful transplantation of a genetically engineered pig liver into a living human. The case, reported in the Journal of Hepatology, marks …

Clyde F. Barker, 93, of Haverford, renowned pioneering organ transplant surgeon, professor and longtime chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, mentor, author, board member, lifelong …

In August, The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump’s administration was “cracking down” on the organ transplant system, which the newspaper attributed, in part, to its own investigative …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Every day, 17 Americans die while waiting for an organ transplant. Opt-out organ donation policies, which enroll everyone into post-mortem donation programs by default unless people …