Organ Transplant

Two university hospitals — Duke and Vanderbilt universities — are pioneering new ways to expand access to the lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies. They aim to overcome some barriers to retrieving hearts donated after circulatory death, when the heart stops beating after withdrawal of life support.

Researchers at Duke University might have found a way to improve organ transplants. When tested in primates, an antibody showed it could prevent organ rejection in kidney transplants.

An Asheboro baby became what's thought to be the first-of-a-kind organ transplant patient.

A North Carolina woman is set to join the elite ranks of two-time living organ donors.

Doctors at Duke University Hospital became the first in the United States to perform a new type of heart transplant this week. This new procedure allows…