Jessica Manning, 29, of Auckland, New Zealand, was born with heart disease and half a heart and had to have open heart surgery at just 5 days old.
A human liver was kept alive for nearly three days at body temperature before being transplanted into a cancer patient in a world-first, doctors have revealed.
With too few organs to go around to satisfy the demand for transplants, scientists are now pinning their hopes on the possibility of 3D-printing technology.
"This abhorrent conduct is a grievous violation of medical ethics, human rights and basic human dignity," said Arthur Caplan from New York University's Grossman School of Medicine.
One patent removed from a hospital's waiting list for a kidney transplant said "I'd rather die of kidney failure," when asked if they'd be willing to get vaccinated.
"I was hurt by this as he clearly only reached out to me as a last resort, and saw me as nothing more than a back up to try and get an organ," she said.
Australia's Queensland Health says patients seeking a kidney, lung or heart transplant must have two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine.
The idea behind the research is to determine whether or not monkey's could eventually be able to grow human organs for transplants. According to the team of scientists, thousands of people die every year waiting for such transplants.
The piglets all died within a week of being born, the researchers said.
The medication prevents the child's body from rejecting his kidney transplant.
He suffers from a rare condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Dialysis for life or a genetically altered pig organ? That may be a choice for transplant patients in the future.
New method scraps ice for a system that mimics the human body, keeping organs vital indefinitely.
U.S. lawmakers want to put an end to the decades-old practice, but doing so will require shifting the society's attitude toward altruistic giving.
Diabetic Sue York found nothing could help her get over her phobia.