BEIJING, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Foreigners visiting China on tourist visas will not be able to receive organ transplants while in the Asian country, the Ministry of Health says.
TORONTO, June 8 (UPI) -- Federal rules in the United States regarding liver transplants need to be changed, surgeons at a Toronto conference say.
LOS ANGELES, May 31 (UPI) -- The UCLA Medical Center was defending itself Saturday against charges it accepted big cash donations from alleged gangsters who received liver transplants.
LOS ANGELES, May 30 (UPI) -- A Japanese gang boss and three other Japanese criminals legally barred from the United States received liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center, police said.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Organ transplants hadn't been considered an option for HIV patients but a U.S. review said new approaches have led to good outcomes for HIV-positive patients.
DALLAS, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests dietary restrictions or other strategies limiting fat formation might make pancreatic cell transplants more effective.
BEIJING, April 7 (UPI) -- China's debut regulation on human organ transplants prohibits medical officials from trading in such organs.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Liver-kidney transplants appear to benefit patients with diseases in both organs, say researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The University of California-Irvine Medical Center reportedly has rejected dozens of livers that were accepted for transplantation at other hospitals.
WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials Tuesday said 26,984 Americans got an organ transplant in 2004, an 11 percent increase from 2003 and a new national record.
