The story of transplants has always been one of altruism. After all, organs can be neither sold nor purchased. They can only ...

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 ...

The revelation has shocked this South American nation and plunged its health network, a source of national pride, into crisis ... private laboratory that tests organ donors for HIV.

After his death, the research team learnt that the transplanted organ was infected with a pig herpesvirus that had not been detected by tests 1. But even a few weeks is a long time for an animal ...

In an effort to address its ongoing organ donor shortage crisis, Japan has started breeding the first pigs genetically engineered for human organ transplants. This significant success, announced ...

Today’s newsletter topper is brought to you by Lenny Bernstein, an intrepid journalist who uncovered errors in the nation’s organ transplant system that prompted reforms. Lenny retired in ...