Every day, more than 100,000 Americans wait for an organ transplant that could save and transform their lives. Despite over a decade of reaching record donor and transplant numbers in the U.S. each ...

Terumo announced today that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OrganOx and its organ preservation technology. Tokyo-based Terumo agreed to acquire all outstanding OrganOx shares for ...

CasNx, a UF startup, is developing a CRISPR-based method to remove viruses from donor organs before transplant. The process uses a normothermic pump, likened to a "dishwasher," and a new "detergent" ...

As cases move through the courts, more scrutiny of “good faith” and “due diligence” in consent contexts and negligence in organ and tissue donor process integrity by hospitals and OPOs will be ...

It sounds like something out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie or a tale by Edgar Allan Poe. But sadly, grisly stories of patient abuse related to organ transplants have proved all too real. The stories ...

Organs are a rare commodity across the world. Every year in the United States alone, over 100,000 people need an organ transplant to survive, but only about 1 in 10 of them will receive one in time.

Many Americans are dying while waiting for a new heart, lung or liver. In all three cases, demand exceeds supply. It’s hard to imagine the desperation of living with a ticking clock and not knowing ...

After an alarming federal report, you'd think transplant doctors would work hard to increase public confidence in their methods. Instead, they're going the other way. Syda Productions - stock.adobe.c ...

Reports and investigations reveal potential patient abuse related to organ transplants, including accelerating deaths for organ procurement. A federal investigation found a Kentucky organ procurement ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A lawsuit has been placed on Act 861, which allows someone other than the deceased donor, like a family member, to cancel or change a registered organ or tissue donation after ...