Germany’s healthcare system is highly respected around the world, but a growing scandal over organ transplant fraud has sparked a fierce debate over medical ethics in the country. A doctor is suspected of tampering with his patients’ records to push … Continue reading →

Without a new kidney, Jesus Navarro will die. However, a kidney transplant but was denied due to his legal status. more

A new strategy to increase kidney transplantations from live donors has been launched by NHS Blood and Transplant. more

Scientists and ethicists say paying funeral expenses could boost the number of people volunteering to donate their organs. more

An Oregon death row inmate is mounting an aggressive behind-bars campaign to donate his organs after he’s executed, in part to repay society for the gruesome murders of his wife and three young children. more

Trečdalis Spinter tyrimų apklausos dalyvių mano, kad Lietuvoje veikia juodoji organų prekybos rinka ir neoficialiai galima nusipirkti vieną ar kitą organą. 7 proc. respondentų nuomone, tai galima padaryti oficialiai  parodė Nacionalinio organų transplantacijos biuro užsakymu atlikta apklausa. more

More than 3,000 people have signed up to be potential bone-marrow donors since word spread that 11-year-old Shannon Tavarez, one of the child stars of “The Lion King” on Broadway, needed a transplant to combat her acute myelogenous leukemia. more

A teenager’s death after two sets of transplants raises questions of procedure and ethics. more

The UK’s organ donation rate is one of the lowest in western Europe because grieving relatives are reluctant to allow such procedures, a study says. more

Doctors have carried out the UK’s first successful beating heart transplant. more