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Transplantation medicine

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

Officials in China’s Ministry of Health admit they harvest organs from death row inmates for the majority of transplants in the country. It is estimated that two-thirds of the country’s total organ transplants come from executed prisoners.

Finding bone marrow for multi-racial children

Listener responses: bone marrow donation

The Ethics of Offering Money for Organ Transplants

Using Social Media to Find Medical Donors

The World

Generation Next, Part 1, Xenotransplantation

In the first of a five part series we examine the ways in which medical technology is shaping the future of the human species. Producer Bob Carty has the story of one man who is breaking new ground by having brain cells from pigs inserted into his own brain to help him cope with Parkinson’s […]

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.

The World

Stem cell technique prevents organ rejection in windpipe transplant

Environment

‘Just a few days after it was put in they could see it had actually grown into her body.’
–Matthew Hill on a windpipe transplant using stem cells