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Transplanted Pig Kidney Is Removed From Patient

The organ, from a genetically modified animal, failed because of a lack of blood flow, surgeons said, but did not…

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Should Kidney Donors Be Paid?

A guest essay argued in favor of payments. Readers, including donors, offer divergent views.

Health

The Technique Reshaping Organ Transplantation

Perfusion keeps a donated organ alive outside the body, giving surgeons extra time and increasing the number of transplants possible.

Arts

Kali Malone Studied Farming. Fate Brought Her to Avant-Garde Music.

The 29-year-old musician grew up in Colorado and ended up in Sweden, where she fell in love with the organ.…

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When Does Life Stop? A New Way of Harvesting Organs Divides Doctors.

The technique restarts circulation after an organ donor is declared dead. But first surgeons cut off blood flow to the…

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A ‘Preventable Tragedy’: Dying for Lack of an Organ Donor

More from our inbox: A Public Misinformed About the Federal BudgetMaking Bread by HandFoie Gras ‘Status’Against GamblingCredit...Musubu HagiTo the Editor:…

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Tonya Ingram Feared the Organ Donation System Would Kill Her. It Did.

It’s 2019, and the 27-year-old poet and mental health activist Tonya Ingram is looking for a kidney on Instagram. Her…

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In Brazilian Caves, She Wields a Penislike Organ to Gather Sperm

Scientists studied the muscles that make a female-male role reversal possible in a group of insects.

World

Frederick Swann, Master of the Pipe Organ, Is Dead at 91

He drew the best from complex instruments at Riverside Church in Manhattan, at countless recitals and on the “Hour of…

Health

Organ Donations Rise Around Motorcycle Rallies

This summer, when half a million bikers clogged the streets of tiny Sturgis, S.D., for one of the country’s largest…

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