“CDC rabies experts and transplant safety experts have been working closely with seven states to investigate a Michigan resident and recent organ transplant recipient who died of rabies in ...

A federal investigation found a Kentucky nonprofit pushed hospital workers toward surgery despite signs of revival in ...

With more than a fifth of kidneys now allocated outside the established order, serious concerns about transparency, fairness, ...

"As Hispanics, we must understand that we need to have these types of conversations with our loved ones to define our ...

But critics of the country’s sluggish organ transplantation system say there should be many more. Last year, surgeons in the United States transplanted 48,000 organs, more than ever before.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While National Donate Life Month has concluded, the fight for tens of thousands of Americans who are waiting for organ transplants continues. Chris Paxton is a kidney ...

Current treatments to prevent organ transplant rejection focus mainly on suppressing T cells, part of the adaptive immune system. However, the innate immune system—the body's first line of ...

Current treatments to prevent organ transplant rejection focus mainly on suppressing T cells, part of the adaptive immune system. However, the innate immune system -- the body's first line of ...

The story of transplants has always been one of altruism. After all, organs can be neither sold nor purchased. They can only be donated as a gift of life. It is a story that started in 1954 ...

There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago. Until just the past ...