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Liver and two-time kidney transplant recipient Douglas Jordan knows the truth about organ donation Douglas “DJ” Jordan had been living quite a …

At the end of the walk, those organs are removed from the body to be used to save another life.

Rio Grande Valley hospitals are now taking part in a movement to honor patients who have agreed to give up their organs. …

A human liver. Currently, livers are typically only stored for about nine to 12 hours on ice before transplant.

Week-long storage boosts time organs are usable and distances over which they can be moved Human livers from organ donors can now …

Every day, Americans are dying because of an inefficient organ donation system. That reality is as tragic as it is fixable, and …

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In June 2014, while my son was asleep on an operating table I laid down to serve as his living organ donor. …

CNN pundit chokes up over daughter's life-saving transplant

(CNN) Being present to witness the birth of my twins, Stokely and Sadie, changed my life. I was instantly moved to become …

Baby Rex Castrenasa

Baby Rex was born with a difficult condition, but lived 14 months without symptoms, his family said. ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta …

Debie Switalski is alive because of the liver transplant she received. She carries a picture of Zachary, the man whose choice to be a donor saved her life.

SOUTH BEND — Debie Switalski knows how fortunate she is. In November 2008, the South Bend resident’s liver began to fail from …

At first there were no words, just tears and a deep embrace. For when Jameszetta Taylor met Julie Lewis the first time, …

n this undated photograph provided by Penn Medicine, Jennifer and Drew Gobrecht look at their baby, Benjamin, at home in Ridley Park, Pa. Jennifer gave birth in November 2019 following a uterine transplant. (Penn Medicine via AP)

A Pennsylvania woman who gave birth to a boy she carried inside a transplanted womb A woman who gave birth to a …

A kidney transplant surgery in NIce, France. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Donating a kidney saves a life — and now it doesn’t have to cost you money. On Wednesday, NKR announced that all donors …

Erika Zak, the mother who inspired millions through her resilience to fight for a liver transplant, died early Friday during surgery, her …