While living donors can provide certain organs, most transplants are thanks to donations from the deceased. Brain death is ...

When people sign up to be organ donors, they often think about hearts, lungs and kidneys. But there’s another part of that decision that can quietly change — and even save — many more lives: tissue ...

Tucked away behind unassuming double doors on the fifth floor of Rush University Medical Center sits a new, very different type of medical unit. It’s a unit for patients who will save lives, even ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers hope to receive an approval to begin clinical trials. In a world first, researchers at the University of British ...

Many people worry about giving their body parts to someone else, whether it's a person they care about or for financial reasons. People ask so many questions when it comes to organ donation. They ...

In the last decade, more than 9,000 patients in Michigan have received a life-saving organ transplant. Tens of thousands of additional patients have received life-changing tissue and eye transplants.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Andrew Jones is a heart transplant recipient and serves as Multicultural Community ...

A recent news report out of Kentucky revealed a slim but pointed risk regarding organ donation, one that underscores a key Church teaching about how the process of gifting one’s organs must play out.

Anton Palmer (left) donated a kidney to his brother-in-law, Angel Escalante. "I never hesitated to donate a kidney for Angel," said Palmer, whose athleticism, good health, and blood type helped him ...