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March 24, 2016

Most people would donate a kidney— especially for money

People might be more willing to donate a kidney if they were paid for it, according to a new survey.

March 24, 2016

3-way kidney swap saves New York woman's life

Thirty-five years ago, Tom Danz and his wife, Angela, promised to have and to hold each other for better or for worse.

March 18, 2016

Family hears infant son's donated heart beat inside 2-year-old boy

A grieving Georgia mother heard her son’s heart beat again in the chest of the 2-year-old boy who received his donated heart.

March 14, 2016

Why do uterus transplants fail?

The first transplanted uterus in the United States has been removed just weeks after the procedure, and only a handful of these operations have been performed successfully in other countries.

March 11, 2016

Surgeons use pig's cornea to save teen's vision

Doctors in China were able to save a teen’s vision by using part of a pig’s eye in a rare transplant.

March 10, 2016

Good match not always needed for living donor kidney transplant

Transplanting a mismatched kidney from a living donor may lower the risk of death more than not doing a transplant at all, according to a new study that could open the door to more operations.

February 19, 2016

Jury rules doctors who transplanted diseased kidney not negligent

BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts jury has found that several doctors who transplanted a diseased kidney from a deceased homeless man into a patient were not negligent in his death.

February 18, 2016

Gut bacteria may influence alcoholics' liver damage

Differences among alcoholics in who gets severe liver damage and who doesn't might be partly due to differences in their gut microbes, suggests a new study using mice and people.

February 16, 2016

3-D 'bioprinter' produces bone, muscle, and cartilage

A new method of 3D printing can produce human-sized bone, muscle, and cartilage templates that survive when implanted into animals, researchers report.

February 9, 2016

Canadian man donates kidney to ailing fiancee

A Canadian man gave more than just a ring to his fiancé, he also donated one of his kidneys to her after her own stopped functioning properly.