On today's special episode of the 5 Things podcast: U.S. surgeons have completed over a million transplant operations since they started doing them nearly 70 years ago. Still, each year about 100,000 ...

The Perez family has been waiting nine years for a multi-organ transplant for their son. They got the call this week that UPMC Children’s Hospital had a match for all five organs their he needed. The ...

Explore the legal complexities of organ transplants in India, focusing on brainstem death certification and its impact on ...

Cloning human organs has sparked intense interest and debate in recent years, drawing attention from scientific, ethical, and medical communities. The potential for cloning human organs presents ...

CHESANING, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) - A Michigan family is celebrating the gift of life for their son who needed not one but five organ transplants. Jakob Perez, 9, is known as a light to anyone who ...

When non-surgical medical intervention is no longer enough for patients with missing or damaged organs, organ transplantation can become their best chance for life-sustaining care. A transplant is a ...

We explain why some organs are skipping patients who need them. By Brian M. Rosenthal Who gets the kidneys and livers and hearts donated by people who die? For decades, the U.S. government has ...

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 ...

Scientists have figured out a way to test if your organs are at risk of giving out, new research reveals. The organs in our bodies age at differing rates, with certain organ systems falling apart ...