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UW Health opens new transplant clinic at University Hospital

MADISON, Wis. -- UW Health unveiled a brand-new transplant clinic at University Hospital on Tuesday. The Pleasant T. Rowland Transplant Clinic is a 10,000-square-foot space situated near…

This Madison 6-year-old's battled three forms of cancer & just received a life-saving bone marrow transplant

How you can help kids (including him!) this weekend

MADISON, Wis.-- Every three minutes, someone in America finds out they have blood cancer. 1.3 million people are currently living…

Clinic conducts first laparoscopic living donor liver transplant

The Cleveland Clinic just completed a unique liver transplant surgery, and they're hoping it encourages more people to step forward to help save lives.

Stevie Wonder to have kidney surgery in September

Stevie Wonder will be taking a break from music.

Woman donates kidney to firefighter who helped her daughter

When Becca Bundy's young daughter was having a seizure at home, volunteer firefighter Bill Cox was the first person to help. Two years later, the Minnesota woman was able to offer a lifesaving thank you, by giving him one of her kidneys.

Son donates part of his liver to his mom

A Utah woman is hepatitis free after getting a piece of her son's liver in a lifesaving transplant.

Researchers 3D-print heart from human patient's cells

Researchers have 3D-printed a heart using a patient's cells, providing hope that the technique could be used to heal hearts or engineer new ones for transplants.

Patients on hospital's transplant wait lists face uncertainty

A Denver hospital announced Tuesday it is halting its transplant program temporarily, which will leave 232 patients ineligible for an organ transplant if a match pops up during that time -- unless they transfer to a new program.

Scientists transplant memory from one snail to another

It's the kind of study science fiction dreams are made of: A team of neurobiologists at UCLA successfully "transplanted" a memory from the nervous system of one snail into another.

A new teenage cause: Organ donation

As a 16-year-old in New York state, there are a lot of things I cannot do. I can't join the Army, I can't get a driver's license, I can't vote, and I can't drink. But there's one thing I can do. I can register to become an organ donor, something that before February 14, 2017, no 16-year-old in New York could do. Last year, New York joined 47 other states in the nation that allow 16-year-olds to register as organ donors. Due to the recent legislation from Albany, high schoolers can now help a

UW surgeon transplants kidney back into patient

Emily Young was running out of options and running out of hope. For two years the 15-year-old girl from Georgia and her family visited doctors and medical centers looking for answers to an unbearable pain she was living with.

Teacher donates kidney to first-grade student

An 8-year-old Oakfield girl has received a life-changing gift from a teacher at her elementary school. Natasha Fuller had a chronic kidney disease that forced her to rely on dialysis. It prevented a little girl from doing the things in life she wanted.