All news on the topic: Organ donation

Sports-mad Ed Burdge, 17, had no idea there was something wrong with his heart but ended up needing an urgent transplant after a cough turned out to be something more sinister

Dr Rachel Clarke is interviewing the families of Mirror campaigner Max Johnson, 15, and his heart donor, Keira Ball. Her book will focus on Keira, whose organs saved Max and three others

Hubbard and Son's funeral home service in Colorado, US, were transferring a body in the back of a hearse for an organ donation on January 29 when the driver lost control in icy conditions

Jen Hinde, 35, was once too embarassed to look in the mirror as she thought she looked 'like a beached whale', but now she's lost five stone after ditching her expensive takeaway habit

Jenna Williams, 38, from Bargoed in Wales, has been living at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham while she waits for a vital heart operation

Over a two-month period, four potential replacement hearts became available for Jack Pepper, only to be ruled out at the last minute as unsuitable following routine checks

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. James Wood contracted sepsis after a case of Strep A before being rushed to hospital when his skin turned yellow, with doctors labelling him one of the "poorliest patients in the country"

WARNING: UPSETTING IMAGES. Little Jessica Farrer was just 17 months old when she died after a devastating accident - she saved a baby, a man in his 30s and a little boy around the same age as her

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares exciting research from Bristol University that will be welcome news to the 4.8 million people in the UK who have diabetes, a condition that puts them at greater risk of kidney issues

Steve Hansen become an organ donor in 2012 after he wanted his body donated for science. However, his wife Jill was horrified to find out her husband's body was sold to the Department of Defence

A wealthy Nigerian senator and his wife faced a shocking trial at the Old Bailey, accused of plotting to traffic a young man to the UK to harvest his kidney for their daughter

Evie Green is in hospital waiting for a heart transplant and will not be able to find until a child donor is found. Mum Chloe said the waiting list is long and there is no guarantee of a perfect match

London mum Janice St Louis urgently needs to find a stem cell match from a Black donor as she battles leukaemia, the Anthony Nolan Trust says

Tannaz Ameli had a double lung transplant and is now cancer free - a year after the first patient Albert Khoury, received the novel surgery after all other treatments failed

Parents of Evie Green are praying for a miracle after she had a Berlin heart fitted in emergency surgery and is now awaiting a transplant after falling ill

Dylan Walton, a four-year-old Manchester United Fan, was given just 24 hours to live after he was hit by a virus but thankfully a liver transplant was found for him just in time

Scientists in Bristol have experimented with the therapy on mice and found it effectively rewound their hearts by the equivalent of 10 human years - soon they hope to use it on heart failure patients

Mike Molyneux, 32, previously had a kidney and pancreas transplant owing to his diabetes, but has now been told he has only years to live if he does not have another transplant

Noah Gamero, 13, from Hull, was described as the "beating heart and soul" of his family by heartbroken mum Charlotte, with his final hours alive still a mystery

Selena Gomez was told by doctors that she could have had a stroke whilst performing on stage after she was diagnosed with lupus

Three-year-old Evie Green was left fighting for life after an ordinary cold turned into rare myocarditis – inflammation of the heart tissue – when she was just four months old

Ayo Samuel, 58, is trying to find a live donor to help change his life as he is desperate to join his grandchildren Harry, eight, Luca, six and Hunter, five, for a game of football

Ann Gath's social media appeal came up with a kidney match after fellow mum Nicola Hinds saw the Facebook post and now the 43-year-old is recovering after the life-saving op

Musician Don Jackson faced 'repeated delays' for scans for seven months before being told the horrendous news in a phone call from the hospital that he had just months to live

Selena Gomez has spoken about her battle with lupus, including the side effects of the medication she takes to treat the condition, after her experience of being body-shamed about her weight