Seventeen people in the US die /every day/ waiting for an organ transplant, usually a kidney. One approach is to grow extra kidneys in pigs, an idea known as xenotransplantation. We'll look at two recent milestones, as well as the...

Fun Fact: people can donate over half of their liver, and the tissue will grow back within a year! Knowing that, it seems pretty logical to assume that we could just keep donating and regrowing our livers over and over again, but is that...

There are currently hundreds of thousands of people on transplant lists, waiting for critical organs like kidneys, hearts and livers that could save their lives. Unfortunately, there aren't enough donor organs available to fill that...

Even when you know what you want to do, sometimes actually doing the thing is hard. Luckily, research suggests a few ways you can make it a little easier.

This video provides information on organ donation and transplantation. It highlights the potential impact of organ donation, including saving up to 8 lives through organ donation and improving the lives of 75 others through skin and...

In this video, the concept of behavioral economics and its use in informing government policy is explored. The video discusses the idea of a "nudge" and the concept of libertarian paternalism, where free will is preserved but the...

This week on the Healthcare Triage Podcast, we're sitting down with Dr. Jonathan Fridell, organ transplant surgeon. He and Aaron talk all about how exactly organs get moved from one person to another, and I can tell you, it is FASCINATING.

RFK Jr. announced an initiative to reform the U.S. organ transplant system after a federal investigation uncovered what it called disturbing practices at an organ procurement organization. (Scripps News)

Six lives have been saved thanks to a Humboldt Broncos player's organ donation. Logan Boulet signed his organ donor card just weeks before his death and made his wishes clear to his family — Boulet survived long enough for his organs to...

John Dickhaut's gold medal is a prize not just for him, but for the parents whose son donated his heart.

Heart transplants in Canada could soon become more accessible, now that some hospitals have been cleared to get the equipment and training necessary to reanimate a heart for the purpose of transplant, after it stops beating.

Shenice Weber was born with a genetic heart defect. After waiting five years on the transplant list, she was given the gift of life through a heart transplant.

To help people waiting for transplants, US scientists are exploring alternatives like bioengineering organs from animals.

Toronto’s University Health Network says it has completed the first double lung transplant where lungs were delivered by drone.

Adults in Nova Scotia are now organ donors unless they register to opt out. The new presumed consent law is the first of its kind in North America and doctors say it will save lives and help families with that difficult conversation at...

Carmella is living with a rare disease that severely affects her kidney function. She'll soon need a kidney transplant, ideally from a living donor so it can serve her longer. Her family says the search is on.

As 8-year-old Maverick Bishop waits in Toronto with his mom and baby sister for a donor heart to become available, the P.E.I. family is calling on the provincial government to change the rules on organ donations. Right now, you have to...

VOICED: Figures show the number of organ donors has FALLEN for the first time in 11 years. That's despite more than 5 thousand people on the NHS waiting list for a donor. Sky News has spent time with a donor - and the man whose life he...

Doctors are calling it a "medical breakthrough," and some think we could see more in the future.