The cases of two young women -- a California teen and a pregnant Texas mother -- have generated sympathy for their families, but also have left some doctors and bioethicists upset about their ...
A mitochondrial DNA mutation passed down through the maternal line in some Venezuelan families has been linked to severe ...
A person declared brain-dead does not recover or wake up—they eventually die, according to medical experts. Dr George Biketi, a general practitioner, explained that brain death is the complete and ...
NEW YORK CITY -- Groundbreaking surgery by doctors at NYU Langone successfully transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney and thymus into the body of a man who is brain dead. NYU Langone says it is a big ...
Organs from a 14-year-old boy from Pambalur, Dindigul district, who was declared brain dead at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in Tiruchi on Tuesday, helped to save several ...
Brain dead. The two words are ominous, frightening, final. And often so misunderstood. As a medical diagnosis, brain death is relatively straightforward, determined by standardized tests widely ...