About 17 people die each day in the US waiting for an organ transplant — 6200 per year. And for the more than 10,000 Americans on the waiting list for a liver transplant, the future of medicine may ...

The need to revamp the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) is dire. Nearly 25% of livers and 33% of kidneys collected for donation go unused. The average transplant wait time is 3-5 ...

International patients can bring a hospital as much as $2 million for a transplant. In recent years, they have typically ...

The U.S. is developing new safeguards for the organ transplant system after a government investigation found a Kentucky group continued preparations for organ donation by some patients who showed ...

The profound reality of a critical shortage of kidneys available for transplant remains an urgent issue that demands our immediate attention. I have seen firsthand the heart-wrenching impact it has ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. is developing new safeguards for the organ transplant system after a government investigation found a Kentucky group continued preparations for organ donation by some patients ...