Longview News-Journal25d
U.S. Organ Procurement Organizations Recovered Record Number of Organs in 2024 While Looming Federal Policies Jeopardize Patients
Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) increased life-saving organ donations nationwide 14 years in a row, despite misaligned federal policies that risk patient lives and Americans' ability to ...
The New York Times25d
Organ Transplant System ‘in Chaos’ as Waiting Lists Are Ignored
and their fates rest largely on nonprofits called organ procurement organizations. Every state has at least one, and they have government contracts to identify donors, recover organs and ...
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine10dOpinion
Xenotransplantation Can’t Solve the Organ Shortage, New Paper Argues
The radical “innovation” of xenotransplantation—the idea of transplanting genetically engineered organs from animals into ...
Houston Chronicle24d
Memorial Hermann given rare, severe sanction for organ transplant scandal, 'culture of intimidation'
The national organ transplant system has leveled its most severe sanction against Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center following revelations that a liver transplant surgeon improperly ...
The Floridian5d
Dunn Introduces Bill Countering Illegal Chinese Organ Harvesting in United States
Representative Neal Dunn (R-FL) has introduced legislation to prevent China's illegal organ harvesting from reaching the United States. Named the Block Orga ...
KHOU 1125d
Serious action taken against Memorial Hermann organ transplant program
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network sanctioned Memorial Hermann, downgrading the hospital to "a member not in good standing" in the network. The designation means the OPTN member ...
Small Business26d
The new Procurement Act and how it affects SMEs
The overdue Procurement Act 2023 is finally in force. Shaun Toner explains how the new frameworks are advantageous to small businesses The UK’s public procurement landscape is undergoing its most ...
Science Daily26d
Biological organ ages predict disease risk decades in advance
Proteomic organ-specific ageing signatures and 20-year risk of age-related diseases: the Whitehall II observational cohort study. The Lancet Digital Health , 2025; 7 (3): e195 DOI: 10.1016/j ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation26d
Organ donors on the rise, but fewer Australians receiving life-saving transplants
Fewer critically ill Australians received life-saving organ transplants last year, despite a small increase in donors. Experts say there's been a welcome increase in older donors, but often their ...
news.bloomberglaw12d
Organ Procurement Group Sues HHS Over Competitor's 'Poaching'
One of the nation’s largest organ procurement groups is suing the federal government to vacate its approval of a rival group’s “poaching” of a hospital within its exclusive service district. The ...
Irish Daily Mirror12d
National Concert Hall set to spend €2.6 million on new pipe organ described as 'work of art'
You can check out at any time. More info The National Concert Hall (NCH) is set to spend an estimated €2.6m on a new ‘world class’ pipe organ for the redeveloped main auditorium in the ...