People should be paid for living organ donations, a US surgeon has said in an article in the British Medical Journal. more

In November last year Isabelle Dinoire became the first person in the world to receive a face transplant. more

On streets and in town squares in Iran, young men and women can be seen holding signs offering their kidneys for sale. more

After years of denial, China has acknowledged that many of the human organs used in transplants here are taken from executed prisoners and that many of the recipients are foreigners who pay hefty sums to avoid a long wait. more

It is harder to get an organ transplant in Japan than almost anywhere else in the world. The problem is not a lack of funds or technology, but a lack of donors. more

A Spaniard has become the first woman in the world to receive a double hand transplant. more

A transplant surgeon has warned against selling body parts, after a report suggested organs are for sale online. more

The offer of a cosmetic surgery procedure as a prize is an awful manifestation of the trivialisation of medical care in general, and aesthetic surgery in particular. more

Traditionally organ transplants have been carried out to save a person’s life, be it with a new heart, kidney, or set of lungs. People who are willing to undertake something like a face transplant are probably not of an open … Continue reading →

New York surgeon, Richard Batista, is asking his wife, Dawnell Batista, for the kidney he gave her in 2001 back, or if she can’t live without it (ha ha)–for $1.5 million in exchange for his regret over the gift. It … Continue reading →