The transplant surgeon had good news: A donated liver was on the way for critically ill Maggie Catherwood. Then he asked: Would she let doctors cut off part of her new liver to share with an equally sick baby? picked by suebe 1 year ago

After receiving a Liver Transplant, Demi-Lee Brennan (9) was healing well, but nine months later on a check up, it was found that stem cells had migrated to her bone marrow, completely re working her Blood type and immune system. picked by muppetmaker 6 months ago

The same surgeon, an internationally known liver transplant expert, performed the procedures on four Japanese "yakuza" organized crime lords. The most prominent transplant recipient, Tadamasa Goto, had been barred from entering the U.S. because of his criminal history until the FBI helped him obtain a visa to receive the transplant. picked by teresag 2 months ago

With her mother desperately in need of a transplant, Laura Ashworth told family and friends she wanted to donate one of her kidneys.

So when the 21-year-old died after an asthma attack, it seemed that the tragedy would at least give Rachel Leake a chance of a healthy new life. picked by doggylives 3 months ago

Nataline Sarkisyan, a 17-year-old from Glendale, Calif., died Thursday just a few hours after her insurer, Cigna Health Care, approved a procedure it had previously described as "too experimental". They had originally agreed to a transplant but then changed their minds when the accountants felt they knew more medicine than the doctors. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Police had to track him down via cell phone coordinates. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Best present ever. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Sometime in 2004 a hamster got sick. Then it was sold from a PetSmart store. Then the woman who bought it died from a stroke. But she had contracted lymphocytic choriomeningitis from said hamster beforehand. Then her liver was donated to a guy. They guy then died several days later allegedly from the virus from the hamster.

The guy's wife is suing PetSmart for negligence. picked by moe 4 months ago

The success of Isabelle Dinoire's face transplant has scientists looking up - literally - and touting a new, rejection-free way of growing hair where once was bare. picked by mitzuzake 6 months ago

It took 18 months for her smile to come back completely, but doctors say the French woman who received the world's first partial face transplant is now doing well. Isabelle Dinoire, 40, was pictured without makeup for the first time today showing the extent of her scars. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

A radical treatment that "rinses" organs and then implants them with patients' DNA is being hailed as a solution to the transplant crisis. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Measuring levels of cells that originate in bone marrow could help doctors predict outcomes for liver cancer patients. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a world-first blood test that could save the lives of tens of thousands of bone marrow transplant patients across the world. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Sulphasalazine can reverse cirrhosis of the liver. It is a 'cheap and readily available drug'. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Thousands of women lacking a functioning uterus would be interested. If a uterus transplant was carried out tomorrow, it would only be the second ever. Would it be safe? The first was in Saudi Arabia in 2000 and it failed. picked by sparky 2 years ago

Miniature liver will be used for drug testing experiments. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

"I have been saved." says Isabelle Dinoire.

There is a video link to the actual surgery too if you're interested. picked by Ziaphra 2 years ago

A man whose double lung transplant operation was stopped after a plane carrying his new organs crashed into Lake Michigan, killing the entire crew, has received a second set of lungs. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

Finding high-quality organs in a timely fashion can often be a problem.
We are a domestic and international adoption agency where parents are free to adopt a child who is a perfect match for the transplant of one or more “non-essential” organs to be donated to one of the adopting parents or your own children. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Grieving parents now learn that their 15 year old son died from a rare form of brain cancer, rather than meningitis as originally diagnosed. picked by suebe 4 months ago