Transplant
Lawmakers Want Prisoners to Trade Their Organs and Bone Marrow for Freedom
Advocates are worried a new bill in Massachusetts could coerce prisoners into giving up body parts to reduce their sentences.
Watch an 'Artificial Fish' Made of Human Heart Muscle Swim
The faux-fish swam for 108 days and could pave the way toward a working artificial heart for transplants.
How Trumpcare Could Screw Over Organ Donors and Recipients
Insurance costs are likely to skyrocket while coverage plummets.
What it's Like to Be 18 and on Your Third Heart
A few months before her 13th birthday, a doctor told Carlee Baladez that she would need a second transplant.
How Safe Is It to Get an Organ From an Overdose Victim?
Given the urgency of needing an organ, "safe" is a relative term.
BC’s Fentanyl Crisis Has Triggered a Rise in Organ Transplants
More organ donors are dying of drug overdoses, according to new stats released this week.
The Future of Keeping Lungs Alive Outside the Body
“My lungs were garbage, and they didn’t know what it was.”
China Makes a New Year's Resolution: To Stop Harvesting the Organs of Executed Prisoners
In 2011, state officials estimated that condemned prisoners provided China with approximately 64 percent of its organs for transplant.
Ones and Zeros: Windpipe Transplant, Data Faking
_Along with Volvo and Stieg Larsson novels, windpipes could be one of Sweden's greatest exports_ h3. ONE: Windpipe transplanted from man's own stemcells ("CBC":http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/07/07/windpipe-transplant-stem-cell.html) h...