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The first recording of a dying human brain suggests our lives really may flash before our eyes, say researchers, with the same brain activity patterns found during dreaming and remembering.
Due to the potential for West Nile virus transmission through solid organ transplantation, should routine donor screening be considered?
Young adult men are more apt to develop brain tumors and die from the disease than women, and more research is needed to figure out why, researchers say.
The US would see almost 300 more heart transplants per year with wider use of donor hearts procured after circulatory death, rather than the current standard of brain death, researchers estimate.
The revised rules, which allow post-mortem after sunset, are expected to boost organ donations and transplants, facilitating harvest within the required time frame after the post-mortem procedure.