Today, more than 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ transplant. They’re seeking kidneys, livers, hearts and lungs — organs from human donors that could give these patients a ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. The grieving family members have left the ...

A groundbreaking pilot scheme by NHS doctors could see hundreds more organs become available for transplant each year, potentially saving countless lives across England. The initiative, currently ...

A new open-access portal allows online users to explore human organs – such as the brain, heart, lungs, kidney and liver – in unprecedented detail. The Human Organ Atlas (HOA) is a repository of ...

When Raven Kinser walked into a Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles office two summers ago, she completed a driver's license application that included the option to register as an organ donor. The ...

An international team of scientists and clinicians has announced, in Science Advances, the launch of a new open-access 3D portal that allows users to explore intact human organs in unprecedented ...

Welcome to Washington Secrets and your guide to the capital’s politics. Why is the harvesting of prisoners’ organs in China not a bigger story? We have part of the answer. Plus, a long-lost pair of ...

Scientists have uncovered a powerful genetic switch that helps some of the body’s most important immune cells grow up properly and keep our organs healthy. The switch, called MafB, guides immature ...

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Dale Steele, who died in February, ‘is a powerful reminder that generosity has no age limit’, says CEO of non-profit After spending some of his prime years aiding German concentration camp survivors ...

In a life span of more than 100 years, Dale Steele lived an active life as a hardworking farmer and military veteran. Steele was fit and healthy, which partially explains his longevity, but even his ...

Thousands of people die every year waiting for an organ transplant. The Indicator's Adrian Ma and Wailin Wong report on an idea to address that problem. It involves compensation. (SOUNDBITE OF ...