Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand access to the lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies.

They’ve stared down illness, endured organ failure, and emerged from the operating room with someone else’s heartbeat — or ...

“The Pancreas Pak is a much more sophisticated system and making sure that the fluid around the pancreas, the preservation solution that the pancreas graft is lying in, is between four and eight ...

I’ve been living on borrowed time since my double lung transplant surgery seven years ago,” said Kelly Asbell, 47, of Valparaiso. “...I want to live longer to watch my kids graduate next year. God ...

In the U.S., competent patients are not compelled to engage in medical care they would rather avoid, even if it kills them, or to stay on life support to preserve organs for donation. But when a fetus ...

Pesh Patel, a Lafayette resident on the organ transplant waitlist for the second time, is working with lawmakers to get more protections for organ donors and recipients, including Medicaid coverage… ...

Custom organs “Multiple shots on goal” is how geneticist Dr. David Ayares describes United Therapeutics’ approach to the future of organ transplantation.

The organ donation and transplant system in the United States is plagued with problems that can cause organs to go unused. A tech fix could help solve it.

The reality of organ transplantation: A Vanderbilt doctor breaks down what common complications arise following transplant surgeries.

While National Donate Life Month has concluded, the fight for tens of thousands of Americans who are waiting for organ transplants continues.

Current treatments to prevent organ transplant rejection focus mainly on suppressing T cells, part of the adaptive immune system. However, the innate immune system -- the body's first line of ...

Organ donation is a critical issue that often goes unaddressed, with 17 people dying each day while waiting for a life-saving transplant.