Illegal organ trafficking is growing across Africa. The sophisticated operation is worth over $1 billion annually and targets the vulnerable. Lack of regulation and huge demand for organs drive the ...

TCU’s Burnett School of Medicine has finally opened in Near Southside. Here’s a look at some of the amazing cutting-edge ...

The Gift of Hope Organ Donor Care Center at Rush University Medical Center is focused on deceased patients whose lungs, ...

New devices that keep donated organs viable for longer could make transplants cheaper and more accessible, and St. Joseph's ...

An organ-procurement group in Kentucky pressured its personnel to retrieve organs from a hospital patient who was awake and later left the facility alive, an advocate for overhauling the U.S ...

On the operating table and fully conscious, the man cried, shook his head and pulled at his breathing tube. The surgeon canceled the procedure, and the patient was taken back ...

McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. — Fulton County Medical Center is receiving statewide recognition for its efforts to support and raise awareness about organ, eye and tissue donation. The Fulton County ...

Beyond babies, sonograms are used to help diagnose medical conditions by creating images of body organs and tissues. These professionals include musculoskeletal sonographers, who specialize in ...

Our organs and tissues do not all age at the same rate. Aging, marked by an increase in senescent cells—cells that are unable to divide and have lost their functions—affects the liver or ...

If it is determined that a particular organ or tissue is not suitable for transplantation, then with separate family authorization it may be used for medical research and education, unless ...

Veteran Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Sukhendu Sekhar Roy has resigned as Editor of the party organ "Jago ...