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28 Aug
It's Safer to Donate a Kidney Now Than at Any Time in History

It's Safer to Donate a Kidney Now Than at Any Time in History

The risk of death associated with donating a kidney is at an all-time low, a new study finds.

A kidney donor’s risk -- already small a decade ago -- is now lower by ...

04 Apr
First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged From Hospital

First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged From Hospital

Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, headed home Wednesday after faring so well that he was released from the hospital just two weeks after his groundbreaking surgery.

"This moment -- leaving the hospital today w...

01 Nov
Second Person to Receive Pig Heart Dies Six Weeks After Transplant

Second Person to Receive Pig Heart Dies Six Weeks After Transplant

The second person to ever receive a transplanted pig heart has died.

Lawrence Faucette, 58, got the transplant just six weeks earlier at the University of Maryland Medical Center in an experimental procedure.

Unfortunately, the heart had been showing signs of rejec...

08 Jun
New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts

New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts

A new transplant method that "reanimates" donor hearts appears safe and effective, a new clinical trial has found -- in an advance that could substantially expand the supply of donor hearts available in the United States.

The trial tested an approach that allows doctors ...

13 Apr
Blood Donors' Gender Doesn't Affect Outcomes for Recipients

Blood Donors' Gender Doesn't Affect Outcomes for Recipients

Whether the gender of a blood donor could affect the recipient's survival was an unanswered question in medicine. Until now.

"Some observational studies had suggested female donor blood might be linked with a higher risk of death among recipients compared to male donor b...

09 Apr
Debunking Myths About Organ Donation

Debunking Myths About Organ Donation

Far more people need an organ transplant than there are organs available.

It doesn't have to be that way.

Dr. Johnny Hong, chief of transplantation at Penn State Health's Mi...

23 Mar
Feds Propose Overhaul of U.S. Organ Transplant System

Feds Propose Overhaul of U.S. Organ Transplant System

A single nonprofit has what amounts to a monopoly over all organ transplants performed in the United States, but the federal government said Wednesday that it plans to change that.

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which has contracted with the Un...

09 Feb
Massachusetts Bill Would Let Prisoners Donate Organs in Exchange for Shorter Sentence

Massachusetts Bill Would Let Prisoners Donate Organs in Exchange for Shorter Sentence

Massachusetts legislators have proposed a bill that would allow prison inmates to donate their organs or bone marrow as a way to trim the length of their sentence.

While some experts wonder about th...

09 Jan
There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant

There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant

A new way of allocating donor lungs that eliminates geographical restrictions could save more lives, new research suggests.

In early 2023, the current U.S. system, which looks for compatible candidates within a fixed radius, will be replaced by the Composite Allocation S...

29 Nov
Need for Organ Transplants Surges at Big Motorcycle Rallies: Study

Need for Organ Transplants Surges at Big Motorcycle Rallies: Study

Once a year, giant motorcycle rallies ride into places like Daytona Beach, Fla., and Sturgis, S.D., bringing hundreds of thousands of people, an economic boost -- and a wave of crash-related deaths.

That means more organs available for donation and the need to be prepar...

21 Nov
69 vs. 70: Bias Against Older Organ Donors May Be Costing Lives

69 vs. 70: Bias Against Older Organ Donors May Be Costing Lives

The difference between age 69 and age 70 is, of course, just a single year.

Yet, organizations that receive organs for transplant patients are less likely to choose one from the older donor, a

31 Oct
Heart's Electrical Signals Changed in First Pig-to-Human Cardiac Transplant

Heart's Electrical Signals Changed in First Pig-to-Human Cardiac Transplant

Less than a year after the first-ever transplant of a pig heart into a human patient, doctors are reporting that the heart showed unexpected changes in its electrical system before the recipient ultimately died.

The changes are not believed to have contributed to the pat...

27 Sep
Donating Portion of Your Liver to Someone in Need Is Safe, Life-Saving: Study

Donating Portion of Your Liver to Someone in Need Is Safe, Life-Saving: Study

Thousands of people die every year while waiting for a liver transplant. Living-donor transplantation holds the potential to save many of these lives, yet remains underused in the United States.

During the procedure, a portion of a donor's liver is removed and transplant...

17 Aug
Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney

Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney

Children who need kidney transplants have better long-term outcomes when the donor is a living person and not someone who has died and donated organs, a new study finds.

"Th...

23 May
Liver Transplants From Donors Who Overdosed Rose During Pandemic

Liver Transplants From Donors Who Overdosed Rose During Pandemic

Organs from donors who died of drug overdoses helped keep the number of U.S. liver transplants steady during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study finds.

"When the pandemic began, we saw no decline in liver transplants, which seemed surprising since many s...

13 May
Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study

Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study

Even before the pandemic, the demand for donor kidneys far exceeded supply. That shortfall only worsened when hospitals started refusing to use kidneys fr...

29 Apr
Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe

Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe

If you're thinking about donating a kidney, new research could alleviate your concerns.

"The results of this study are extremely reassuring for individuals who are considering being living kidney donors. We found that this lifesaving surgery, when performed at experience...

23 Mar
Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study

Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study

For those waiting during the pandemic for a new kidney or liver, new research is reassuring: Organs from deceased donors who had COVID-19 did not cause infection in recipients and posed no risk to health care workers.

In a study that began in September 2021, the Duke Uni...

09 Mar
Man Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died

Man Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died

The first person to receive a pig heart transplant in a groundbreaking procedure performed at the University of Maryland Medical Center in January has died, hospital officials said Wednesday.

David Bennett, a 57-year-old Marylander, suffered from severe heart disease and...

17 Feb
Scientists Create 'Universal' Donor Organs Where Blood Type Doesn't Matter

Scientists Create 'Universal' Donor Organs Where Blood Type Doesn't Matter

It's possible to create "universal" donor organs that would eliminate the need to match transplant donor and recipient blood types, researchers report.

"With the current matching system, wait times can be considerably longer for patients who need a transplant depending o...

20 Jan
Doctors Transplant Gene-Modified Pig Kidneys Into Brain-Dead Patient

Doctors Transplant Gene-Modified Pig Kidneys Into Brain-Dead Patient

In another breakthrough for animal-to-human organ transplantation, U.S. researchers say they've transplanted two genetically modified pig kidneys into a living human.

The recipient was Jim Parsons, 57, a brain-dead man on life support whose family agreed to allow the sur...

11 Jan
In Breakthrough Transplant, Man Receives Genetically Modified Pig Heart

In Breakthrough Transplant, Man Receives Genetically Modified Pig Heart

In a medical first, doctors from the University of Maryland have implanted the heart of a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man facing the final stages of heart disease.

The surgical feat, known as

28 Dec
When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study

When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study

You were lucky enough to receive a kidney years ago, but now it is failing. Is it better to opt for another transplant or go on dialysis?

New research suggests a second transplant may be the better option.

20 Oct
Doctors Report That Kidney Grown in Pig Worked in a Human

Doctors Report That Kidney Grown in Pig Worked in a Human

A kidney grown in a genetically altered pig functioned normally after being attached to a human patient during a groundbreaking procedure performed by U.S. doctors.

If the technique proves generally successful it could revolutionize organ transplant, greatly expanding th...

24 Sep
AHA News: Women May Be More Willing Than Men to Donate Organs

AHA News: Women May Be More Willing Than Men to Donate Organs

Men and women have similar reasons for becoming -- or not becoming -- an organ donor, according to a new study. Yet women appear more willing to donate their organs to family members or strangers.

The results, published Sept. 24 in the Journal of the American Heart...

24 Aug
U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving

U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving

Here's some hopeful news for those who have kidney transplants: Long-term survival rates have improved over the past three decades, a review shows.

"There has been a gratifying improvement in kidney transplant survival, both for patients and the kidney graft itself, from...

12 Aug
FDA to OK COVID Booster Shots for Vulnerable Americans

FDA to OK COVID Booster Shots for Vulnerable Americans

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans on Thursday to authorize a third "booster" shot of coronavirus vaccine for people with weakened immune systems, as the highly contagious Delta variant surges across the country.

Expanding the emergency use of the Pfizer and Mod...