Transplants - Page 16

May 4, 2019

South Carolina woman donates kidney to stranger after seeing heartfelt plea on car: 'God came to me'

A woman in South Carolina says a higher power moved her to give up her kidney to a complete stranger desperately seeking for a transplant after seeing a heartfelt plea scribbled on a car of the man’s mother.

May 1, 2019

Mom whose search for bone marrow donor while pregnant with twins went viral needs another match

A California mother who gave birth to twins in December and then underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia after her search for a donor went viral said she is in need of another one.

April 29, 2019

Drone delivers kidney for transplant in Maryland, doctors say: 'It's a first step'

A drone delivered a kidney to be transplanted for the first time ever, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC).

April 9, 2019

New Jersey high school principal dies after donating bone marrow to help boy in France, family says

A New Jersey high school principal and Army veteran died Sunday after suffering from complications following a procedure to donate bone marrow to a 14-year-old boy in France he never met, his family said.

April 4, 2019

Safe to transplant hepatitis C-infected hearts, lungs, study finds

Doctors can safely transplant hepatitis C-infected lungs and hearts into people desperate for a new organ, say researchers who may have found a way to protect those patients from getting the risky virus.

March 29, 2019

World's first living HIV-positive organ donor says she 'wanted to make a difference'

Surgeons in Baltimore have performed what's thought to be the world's first kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV, a milestone for people with the AIDS virus — and one that could free up space on the transplant waiting list for everyone.

March 4, 2019

Firefighter with brain tumor given final escort through hospital on way to donate organs

Heart-wrenching video of a Colorado firefighter being escorted through the hospital halls by his pregnant wife and fellow firefighters while en route to donate his organs has gone viral after his firehouse shared it on Twitter.

February 18, 2019

Retired police officer is perfect kidney donor match for former beat partner

A pair of retired police officers already bonded by the field will now be joined for life after one was found to be a perfect kidney donor match for the other, and delivered the good news with a clever homemade card.

February 12, 2019

Boy, 6, needs life-saving bone marrow transplant after undergoing brain surgery

A 6-year-old boy who underwent brain surgery last year is in need of a life-saving bone marrow transplant as he battles sickle cell disease.

January 30, 2019

Nurse training for London Marathon after donating kidney to stranger

A mother of two is training for the London Marathon and raising money for kidney disease research after she went under the knife two years ago and donated her organ to a complete stranger.