A new analysis finds that an organ’s biological age might predict a person’s risk of diseases such as cancer, dementia and ...

A blood test that detects the biological age of organs can predict the risk of health conditions many years in advance, ...

We all know that we age as time goes by, what may come as a surprise is that according to new studies, each of our organs ...

After years of research into xenotransplantation, the field is at a turning point—yet risks and ethical issues remain ...

The national organ transplant system has become "increasingly warped by expediency and favoritism," the New York Times ...

The system is supposed to be fair. Increasingly, it is not. Doctors in the United States transplant more than 40,000 organs from deceased donors per year — the most in the world. And in more and ...

That's because in more and more cases, the list is a lie. For decades, fairness has been the guiding principle of the American organ transplant system. Its bedrock, a national registry, operates under ...

Marcus Edsall-Parr, a teenage kidney patient in Michigan, has been getting dialysis treatments for years. Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times The sickest patients are supposed to get priority ...