Organ Donation

Pig Kidney Removed From Alabama Woman After Organ Rejection

Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal.

By Roni Caryn Rabin

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For Patients Needing Transplants, Hope Arrives on Tiny Hooves

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial ethical questions remain.

By Roni Caryn Rabin

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Phil Lesh Made Organ Donation His Personal Cause

For the past 25 years, the founding member of the Grateful Dead made a nightly speech about a topic that helped him stay performing into his 80s.

By Marc Tracy

Altruism Confessions of a Good Samaritan (Movie) Documentary Films and Programs Kidneys Lane, Penny Organ Donation

‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan’ Review: An Altruistic Story

In Penny Lane’s newest film, she turns the camera on herself to document her experience donating a kidney to a stranger.

By Natalia Winkelman