A scholar who has studied imprisonment explains why the promise of sentence reductions in return for organ donation raises ethical issues about whether inmates can ever consent freely.
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Recent successes putting genetically modified pig organs into people have brought xenotransplantation back into the spotlight.
Following a healthy diet may lower the risk of disease complications and allow patients to live well despite having the disease.
As policymakers weigh financial aid for the airline industry, they have an opportunity to help make the US organ transplantation system more equitable at the same time.
Thousands of Canadians are on waiting lists for life-saving organ transplants. An opt-out organ donor system, like the one Nova Scotia is implementing, could reduce avoidable deaths and suffering.
New research supports kidney transplants from HIV-positive donors to recipients with HIV.
Stanford professor’s research has led to an increase in the number of kidney transplants in the United States.
You might have heard of polycystic ovary syndrome, but what about polycystic kidney disease? This genetic disorder sees cysts growing in the kidneys.
Most Canadians support organ donation after death, but fewer than 25 per cent have registered to donate their organs. What can be done to encourage more registrations?
Sport can provide organ recipients with motivation and a chance to celebrate.
Caring about someone you have never met, this new brain research suggests, may have a lot in common with caring about the people you love.
The number of Australians with chronic kidney disease is set to rise, but there’s no cure for most people. Here’s what you need to know about this silent killer.
Many patients with end stage kidney disease would live longer and have a better quality of life with a kidney transplant compared to staying on dialysis.
Australia’s organ donation levels are low by international standards. At least twenty countries achieve better donation rates than Australia’s 16.1 donors per million population (DPM).
Rather innocuous-looking and tucked away below the ribcage, kidneys are crucial for keeping us alive and well.
The recent inquest into a case in Wales where two patients died following kidney transplants has focused fresh attention on the risks associated with transplantation. No transplant is risk-free, but the…
Scientists have shown that a drug given at the time of a kidney transplant operation halves the early risk of kidney rejection…
Made-to-order kidneys have come a step closer to reality, with scientists successfully bioengineering a functioning kidney, which was transplanted into a live rat. In a study published in Nature this week…
Many readers will have seen advertisements encouraging people to talk to their loved ones about organ donation. This is part of the government’s latest set of initiatives to increase Australia’s organ…
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