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Birmingham Hospital Conducts Kidney Transplant

NHS Hooks up With Tinder on Organ Donations

Dec 15, 2015 01:13 PM EST

Britain's National Health Service hooks up with dating app Tinder to raise awareness on organ donation. Tinder Profiles of famous British personalities will lead users to a registration page when swiped right.

True Hero: 24-Year-Old Man Saves Six Lives by Voluntarily Donating Organs

Staff Reporter |

Nov 17, 2015 10:00 AM EST

After the terrorist attacks in Paris and other parts of the world, here's a story that will help you have faith in humanity once again. A Chinese couple, who lost their son, decided to donate his organs and have saved up to six people's lives.

Guangzhou Allows Family Consent Bypass For Body Or Organ Donation

Vittorio Hernandez |

Apr 06, 2015 11:23 AM EDT

Because many Chinese families prefer to invoke age-old burial traditions, even if the deceased has expressly stated prior to death willingness to donate an organ or the entire corpse to science, Guangzhou recently passed a law that bypassed family consent.

Male Genital Adds To List Of Organs That Can Be Donated After 1st Successful Penis Transplant In South Africa

Vittorio Hernandez |

Mar 15, 2015 02:39 AM EDT

With more people being encouraged to donate organs or sign organ donation cards, another body part may soon be added to the usual list of body parts to be harvested after one's death.

Milwaukee Girl Laylah Petersen’s Heart Donated; Police Looking For Shooter

Vittorio Hernandez |

Nov 09, 2014 12:25 AM EST

The life of 5-year-old Laylah Petersen of Milwaukee was ended abruptly by a bullet as she sat on her grandfather's lap, but her heart will continue to beat and keep alive another child. The Petersen family had announced on Saturday in a news conference that they will donate Laylah's heart to a needy child.