Organ Transplant

Tim Andrews is recovering well after receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. Massachusetts General Hospital is planning two more pig-to-human transplants this year.

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office raised concerns about compliance with state law.

The measure, sponsored by a Republican lawmaker, would have New Hampshire join Iran as the only places that permit the sale of human organs.

Companies attempting to grow human organs will be exempt from paying two state business taxes for the next 10 years after a measure easily cleared both…

The organ donation system is complex, and often misunderstood - with a waiting list that is long, and constantly shifting. But living donations, high-risk…

DNA evidence broke ground by taking the uncertainty out of criminal convictions. But what was once a slam dunk to judge, jury and the public is…

The English language is awash in portmanteaus, words or sounds that merge together to create something new. Spoon and fork combine to make spork,…

As long as transplants have been medically possible, there have been horror stories about the black market organ trade. On today’s show, an anthropologist…

As long as transplants have been medically possible, there have been horror stories about the black market organ trade. Today, an anthropologist sheds the…

In 1984 Congress passed the National Organ Transplant Act to address the nation’s critical organ donation shortage and improve the organ matching and…