Organ transplantation

The World

Altruistic Organ Donor Harry Kiernan

Global Politics

At 57 years old, computer consultant Harry Kiernan is one of the few living people to have donated multiple organs. So far he’s donated one kidney, part of his liver, and is currently waiting to become a bone marrow donor. What’s more, Harry has given each of his organs to complete strangers. Harry tells us […]

An estimated two-thirds of organ transplants in China come from executed prisoners

Bioethicist discusses why hospitals may deny transplants for intellectually disabled

Health & Medicine

Transplant Patients Compete in Olympic-like Games

Sports

In China, Organ Transplants from Executed Prisoners

Global Politics

The Bioethics of Denying Patients Organ Transplants

Three-year-old Amelia Rivera  has a rare genetic disease called Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome. She suffers from mental impairment, epileptic-like seizures, and she can’t walk or talk. Besides her illness she’s in desperate need of a kidney transplant to live to see her fourth birthday. But the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where Amelia is treated, told Amelia’s family that […]

Listener responses: bone marrow donation

Yesterday, we spoke with blogger Seth Godin, who wanted to help his friend and colleague Amit Gupta, who has leukemia, so he offered up a challenge to his readers: the first bone marrow donor match to Gupta who would donate stem cells would receive $10,000. But under the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, better […]

The Ethics of Offering Money for Organ Transplants

Blogger Seth Godin  wanted to help  his friend and colleague Amit Gupta, who has leukemia, so he offered up a challenge to his readers: the first bone marrow donor match to Gupta who would donate stem cells would receive $10,000. But under the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, better known as NOTA, it’s a federal crime […]

How Risky Are Live Organ Donations?

Global Politics

An organ transplant recipient contracted HIV from a kidney donation at a New York hospital. It’s the nation’s first documented case of HIV transmission via a living donor transplant since the 1980s. How did this happen? What are the repercussions?

The World

In Israel, organ donors prioritized when in need

Global Politics

Israel will soon become the first country to move people with organ donor cards up the list if they ever need a transplant themselves. The plan has both advocates and critics. A discussion on The Takeaway.