Organ Donation

Mid-America Transplant hopes to use medical drones as a cheaper and faster alternative to current transportation methods like ground vehicles and aircraft.

The number of kidney donations dropped during the pandemic. Authors of a new study that shows kidneys from patients with COVID-19 are safe to transplant will instill confidence in patients and health providers.

“To be honest, I was in complete denial,” the superintendent said. “It just never sunk in what I was really facing.”

John “JT” Thomas was an otherwise healthy 20-year-old when he was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2012. He discusses a life-changing kidney donation alongside his living donor, Niki Nickeson, who is an acquaintance of Thomas’ from high school.

The year 2018 was a record one for organ transplants in the U.S., with more than 36,000 people receiving new organs. But there is still a great need for…

Back in January of this year, St. Louis-area resident Jane Beckman came across a newspaper article about a man in need of a new kidney – and another man…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: September 7, 2008 - It has been nearly 25 years since the nation passed the National Organ Transplant…

In their own ways, Larry Hughes and Cara Spencer are St. Louis celebrities.Spencer just finished her first term on the St. Louis Board of Aldermen,…

April is organ donation month and two guests joined St. Louis on the Air to discuss new advances in the field of organ donation research.Nationwide, there…

April is National Donate Life Month, a time to remember the importance of organ and tissue donation, as more than 123,000 people are currently awaiting…