As one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., kidney disease is a serious public health problem. The disease is particularly severe among Black Americans, who are three times more likely than ...

Medically assisted suicide is gaining a foothold in the U.S. at a time when the current organ-donation system in the United ...

Whether it's better in the mind’s eye to know one’s biological origins (if born of a donated sperm or egg) – or not – is the subject of much debate. The answer depends on where you were born. In the U ...

Kidneys from deceased Black organ donors are being discarded at a higher rate than other organ donors’ kidneys — even when they are working, The Conversation reported June 25. This is due to a flawed, ...

Sophia Bouzid ’24 was a biology and public health double major and a 2023-24 health care ethics intern with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own. UCSF ...

Researchers estimate that there are upwards of 1 million Americans who were conceived using donor egg or sperm. Anonymous donation, in which the donor's identity is not available to the ...

As it is now, the U.S. transplant system treats kidneys from all Black donors as if they are at higher risk for failing, even though only some are. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...