The aorta, the body’s main artery, is being given a special honour of the medical world: recognition as an independent human organ. “This is a big step,” says Martin Czerny from the Freiburg University Hospital in Germany. “Recognising the aorta as an organ puts it on a par with the heart, lungs and brain.” The […]
US authorities are investigating organizations that coordinate organ donations over allegations that the nonprofits are potentially defrauding the federal government. The federal investigation, first reported by the Washington Post, is looking at several organ procurement organizations (OPOs) that secure organs for transplants within the United States. A focus of the inquiry is investigating whether the […]
Scientists say they are closer to understanding the best way to make the human body receptive to an organ donation from another species, an effort that could help solve an ongoing shortage of organs. More than 100,000 people in the US are on the transplant waiting list, and an average of 17 die every day […]
OLATHE, Kan. — Parents of an Olathe teen traveled to Monday’s Rose Parade to see Jayme Sue Louque on a float honoring donor heroes. Louque died in 2021, but her legacy lives on. Kansas City-area families welcome first babies of 2024 “We were just anticipating the float coming down Colorado Boulevard, and out of the […]
It is not clear when St. Joseph Catholic Church will reopen, nearly four months after fire raced up the brick walls and onto the ceiling, causing significant damage. For now, services for the second-oldest Catholic parish in Salem are being held in St. Joseph School gymnasium, where new padded chairs have replaced the old, uncomfortable […]
A dwarf-sized creature scurried along its eight legs through its home in an Uruguay grassland. That’s when it fell into a researcher’s trap — and was discovered as a new species. Scientists were exploring Uruguay and Brazil for spiders, according to a study published Dec. 5 in the journal Zootaxa. After collecting dozens of specimens, […]