In advance of a yearly registration event, two U-M students — a bone marrow recipient and the daughter of a heart transplant patient — work to increase donor awareness.

The opioid epidemic has created a tragic surge in donor organs. But despite their safety record, the organs that could save lives go unused.

Tim Anegon’s wife and daughter recently connected with the U-M scientists working with his eye tissue donation — and saw the gift’s outsize impact.

Six things to know about live liver donation, and how a live liver transplant is a growing form of transplantation for patients with liver disease.

Organ donors have a unique ability to help. Meet some Michigan Medicine transplant patients who are thriving thanks to the generosity of others.

Learn more about the importance of registering as an organ donor, how simple registration is and more common organ donation questions answered.

Acute liver failure can happen very quickly and to healthy people. See Ann's liver transplant story & how she overcame acute liver failure with the help of U-M.

Organ donation recipient shares the benefits of organ donation and his passion for organ donation awareness. Learn more about the importance of organ donation.

U-M worked with a hospital in Addis Ababa to bring hemodialysis treatments & kidney transplants to Ethiopia. Learn more about Ethiopia’s first kidney transplant.

University of Michigan pediatric psychologists play a pivotal role in helping young patients follow treatment regimens after receiving an organ transplant.

New medical research from the University of Michigan shows about one-third of patients with transplants received their new kidney before starting dialysis.