DURHAM, N.C. — Although it’s generally believed that transplanted lungs must come from a person who has recently died, a woman and two...

By Yvonne Wenger, The Baltimore Sun 10:10 a.m. EDT, June 19, 2013 Ann Bartlinski placed the Eucharist and a pearl-beaded rosary blessed...

Published June 18, 2013, 01:59 PM HOUSTON, Texas – The surgeon who performed this morning’s double lung transplant on a 10-year-old Fargo...

A new social media initiative helped to boost organ donor registration rates, according to a new study published in the American Journal...

By SYDNEY LUPKIN (@slupkin) June 17, 2013 Sarah Murnaghan, the 10-year-old girl whose family successfully sued to make her more likely to...

SLICE OF HISTORY Dr. Richard Lawler, a surgeon at the Little Company of Mary Hospital in Chicago, had done a few experimental organ...

Inaugural Transplant Hero Awards! | American Transplant Foundation.

Scientists hope that custom-made organs will allow for quicker, safer transplants. 5-year-old Angela Irizarry’s life was saved by a blood...

1st in the world for the young By Liz Kowalczyk | GLOBE STAFF JUNE 17, 2013 Boston Children’s Hospital is announcing Monday that it has...

BY MARIE F. ESTRADA/TIMES-HERALD, VALLEJO Posted: 06/17/2013 01:03:57 AM PDT For the first time in four years, 17-year-old Vallejo...

POSTED: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 3:01 AM Q: Can I donate one of my lungs now to someone awaiting a transplant? A: Dozens of people across...

BY HELEN IRVING / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2013, 3:12 PM UNCREDITED/AP In this May 30, 2013 file photo provided by the...

“Stem cells beat kidney rejection,” says BBC News. The broadcaster says that an injection of stem cells given alongside a kidney...

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS June 11, 201312:21 AM PITTSBURGH (AP) — The national organization that manages organ transplants on Monday...

By SYDNEY LUPKIN (@slupkin) June 10, 2013 The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network will today begin its review of what’s become...

June 10, 2013 7:58 PM PITTSBURGH (CBS/AP) — The national organization that manages organ transplants on Monday resisted making emergency...

By BRETT NORMAN | 6/7/13 6:30 PM EDT The organization that sets national organ transplant policy holds an emergency meeting Monday to...

OPTN/UNOS is proposing changes to the Pediatric Heart Allocation Policy and they want your opinion.  Please go to their website...

Posted on 10. Jun, 2013 by Jenny Butler in Connections: A Blog about Life!, Events, Recent Events 165 Riders  –  24 Transplant Recipients...

Updated June 6, 2013, 6:34 p.m. ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — It’s a life or death matter: Who gets the next scarce donated organ? In...