New rules bringing kidneys to hardest-to-transplant patients
A shake-up of the nation’s kidney transplant system means more organs are getting to patients once thought nearly impossible to match, according to early tracking of the new rules.
Wealth may give advantage for getting organ transplants
You can’t buy hearts, kidneys or other organs but money can still help you get one.
Designer T cells fight viruses after transplants
Bone marrow transplants save thousands of lives but patients are vulnerable to severe viral infections in the months afterward, until their new immune system kicks in.
Family celebrates 3 heart transplants
Deanna Kremis remembers the exhilarating day her young sons first had the energy to race each other up a flight of stairs.
Redistricting might shorten wait for a new liver
WASHINGTON — Where you live can affect your chances of getting a liver transplant, and your risk of dying while waiting. The nation’s transplant network
Should organs be grown in a lab to ease shortages?
NEW YORK — By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she’d been waiting for months, and her parents had