One of every three donated kidneys never gets transplanted. CBS News explores why a growing number are being discarded.

Patterson is a registered nurse and executive director of a consulting firm that supports OPTN contracts.

The change risks introducing chaos and litigation into a system that thrives on coordination and trust.

A genetically engineered pig kidney helped Towana Looney enjoy 130 days without the need for dialysis before the organ was ...

Scientists developed a way to freeze a large mammal’s kidney, which could ease organ shortages in the future. First, they had ...

Laura Epstein’s new company is delivering lifesaving kidneys and hearts to those most in need faster than ever.

Looney's transplant was part of a larger effort to provide genetically engineered pig organs to help solve the human organ shortage. A handful of other patients have received pig kidneys and hearts.

Ann Sidesinger could barely walk 10 feet. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis had made her lungs thick and stiff. Even with an ...

Being from Hawai’i, I’ve seen firsthand how geographic location contributes to inequities in the organ transplant system. For example, over the past eight years, 604 kidneys were donated locally in ...

One of every three donated kidneys never gets transplanted. CBS News explores why a growing number are being discarded.

After years on the waitlist for an organ transplant, she began to develop problems associated with chronic dependence on dialysis. Without a donor match, she would die – but the complications ...