Researchers, doctors and scientists are one step closer to building a new way to treat people suffering from organ failure, thanks to a recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ...
Despite continuing efforts at public education, misconceptions and inaccuracies about donation persist. Learn these facts to better understand organ, eye and tissue donation. Fact: A national computer ...
As more than 100,000 people await transplant, Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) plays a significant role in our nation’s donation and transplant system. Last year, more than 7,200 DCD donors made ...
In 1954, the kidney was the first human organ to be transplanted successfully. Until the early 1980s, the potential of organ rejection limited the number of transplants performed. Medical advances in ...
Today, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) announced that 48,149 organ transplants were performed in 2024, according to data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). This ...
Waiting time adjustment approved for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation
A new policy action now in effect means some Black kidney candidates will be eligible to receive waiting time modifications and increase their waiting times (and potentially their prioritization for ...
UNOS pushes for nationwide adoption of tech and policy reforms to transform the donation and transplant system. In 2025, the U.S. achieved a record for organ transplants for the fifth consecutive year ...
The addition of this factor to the MELD calculation will affect the scores of specific transplant candidates in different ways. Some will not change at all. Others may experience an increase of a few ...
Despite what you may have heard or seen in pop culture, waiting for an organ transplant is not like taking a number and waiting for your turn. People often refer to “the waitlist” to describe how the ...
For transplant administrators like Christopher Fowler, division VP of transplant services for Medical City Healthcare in Dallas, proper staffing is essential to delivering high-quality patient care.
Organ transplants performed in the United States in 2016 reached a new record high for the fourth consecutive year, according to preliminary data from United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). UNOS ...
A look at the intersecting challenges in organ transportation, and a call for government and industry leaders to join the donation and transplant community in finding national-level solutions that ...
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