time

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Two families connected through the magic of organ donation shared a very special moment. Eight years after receiving a kidney transplant, Ebony Jordan met her donor …

Stanford Medicine Children's Health celebrates two milestones in thoracic organ transplantation: 35 years of pediatric lung transplants and 50 years of heart transplants Needing a heart-lung transplant won't stop Tony …

ATHENS, TN — Every eight minutes, another person is added to the transplant waiting list. Heart transplantation is the most effective treatment for end-stage heart failure. But a national shortage …

Cleveland Clinic Organ Failure: Signs and Symptoms, Causes, Stages, Treatment Organ failure can occur suddenly (acute) or over a long period of time (chronic). Multiple organs may fail at the …

Janet Hong, 56, is looking for a living donor for a liver transplant. The criteria for a suitable donor are good health, between the ages of 16 and 60, a …

Maria Contreras and Monica Davis had nothing in common until fate forced them together now they share the same life-saving …

Every day, 18 people die while waiting for a heart, liver, kidney, lung or other vital organ transplant. Despite this need, most Americans don’t opt to donate their organs. In …

Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Thursday that they have transplanted a genetically engineered pig kidney into a human suffering from kidney disease. This is the world’s first attempt. Doctors …

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond resident Christopher Woody is preparing for another major surgery. In 2013, Woody donated one of his kidneys to save his family’s life. “My cousin was …

In an unprecedented medical procedure, physician-scientists at Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted gene-edited pig kidneys into humans. Although there are many unknowns about the viability of …