The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for Mendaera’s Focalist, a handheld robotic system ...

The five vital organs in the human body are the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver. Other organs include the gallbladder, pancreas, and stomach. Organ systems, such as the nervous system ...

India requires to perform at least one lakh kidney transplants in a year. However, data shows that only 13,476 kidney ...

MODS can affect any organ system. For example, someone with MODS may experience heart and kidney failure. Treatment for these conditions can become complex.

Every year, 6,000 people die waiting for a transplant. The U.S. organ transplant system is antiquated – and updating it could save thousands of lives.

Records show that when the system’s oversight committee reviews instances of bypassed patients, it closes more than 99.5 percent of cases without action, usually concluding that the organ was at ...

A single nonprofit has held the contract for managing the country’s organ transplant system for decades. ... There were 53 complaints about transportation — for example, an organ missed a flight.

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 ...

In 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report, “Realizing the Promise of Equity in the Organ Transplantation System,” detailing the extent of ...

The current system for organ transplants was set up in 1984, when Congress passed the National Organ Transplant Act. That law created the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network’s board, a ...