Campaigns Target Older Adult Organ Donors

Campaigns Target Older Adult Organ Donors  By Kristian Weatherspoon  The Health Resources and Services Administration is educating and encou...

Oldest living kidney donor pleased 'to feel useful'

Oldest living kidney donor pleased 'to feel useful' : By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News An 83-year-old man ha...

83-year-old man becomes UK's oldest living kidney donor

83-year-old man becomes UK's oldest living kidney donor  An 83-year-old man has achieved a double by becoming the oldest living kidney d...

Insulin transplant sought using brain-dead patient

Insulin transplant sought using brain-dead patient   Transplantation of pancreatic cells harvested from heart failure victims — set to be ...

Lack of timely transport is an issue for getting organ transplantation

Lack of timely transport is an issue for getting organ transplantation  Dr Stefan Tullius, chief of transplant surgery at Brigham & Wom...

Minnesota's First Man To Live Without A Heart

Minnesota's First Man To Live Without A Heart : “You know it is a miracle, there's no doubt about it, that a person can live, withou...

TO YOUR HEALTH: Organ donors can save or improve lives of 50 others

TO YOUR HEALTH: Organ donors can save or improve lives of 50 others  In 2011 it coordinated the transplant of 1185 organs from 441 organ do...

Unintended Consequence for Dialysis Patients as Drug Rule Changes

Unintended Consequence for Dialysis Patients as Drug Rule Changes : The implications can be foreboding for patients awaiting kidney transpla...

For kidneys, is Facebook really better than a free market?

For kidneys, is Facebook really better than a free market?  Now, kidneys are not like hearts. We are all walking around with two kidneys and...

Corneal transplantation

Corneal transplantation : ... newer selective techniques for lamellar keratoplasty and adoption of keratoprosthesis surgery, the developmen...

Detection of BK virus in urine from renal transplant subjects by mass ...

Detection of BK virus in urine from renal transplant subjects by mass ...  Detection of BK virus in urine from renal transplant subjects by...

OSU unveils new regenerative medicine center - The Akron Legal ...

OSU unveils new regenerative medicine center - The Akron Legal ...  OSU unveils new regenerative medicine center. RICK ADAMCZAK Special to ...

Ask the Experts: Notary better for health care directive?

Ask the Experts: Notary better for health care directive?  In California , it's known as an Advance Health Care Directive and lets you e...

States see instant spike in organ donors following Facebook push

States see instant spike in organ donors following Facebook push  NEW YORK (WLS) - Organ donation registries in 10 states reported many new...