Usher's stepson: Brain death explained
theGRIO REPORT - The very public declaration of Usher Raymond’s stepson as brain dead highlights a little understood concept...
DMV video increases organ donation in Ohio
theGRIO REPORT - An iPod video addressing concerns about organ donation increased the number of African-Americans who registered as donors...
Dallas news anchor to donate kidney to mother
NBC 5 anchor/reporter, Kristi Nelson, is telling her touching, personal story of donating a kidney to her mother during a multi-part series titled "Kristi's Gift"...
TheGrio's 100: Velma Scantlebury, transplant surgeon seeks more minority donors
TheGrio's 100 - As America's first female African-American transplant surgeon, Velma Scantlebury wants to see more people of color in the operating room -- be it holding a scalpel, or on the table...
Young 'Lion King' actor getting crucial transplant
NEW YORK (AP) - Shannon Tavarez has leukemia and will get an umbilical-cord blood transplant Tuesday...
In defense of free market organ donation
OPINION - While African Americans comprise 13 percent of the U.S. population, we make up 35 percent of the individuals on the national waiting list for kidney transplants...
Kidney swap: Husbands give the other's wife a chance at life
VIDEO - Once strangers, they're now forever connected, after exchanging priceless gifts. They swapped kidneys...
Landlord gives tenant second lease on life
VIDEO - Patients in need of an organ transplant never know where the needed organ might be found. In the case of one Chicago man, it came from his landlord...
Innovative 'Domino Transplant' doctor changes lives
Currently, 35 percent of the 85,458 people on the wait list for kidney transplants are African Americans. Dr. J. Keith Melancon has developed the "domino transplant" to help match donors with recipients, and the innovative procedure is saving lives.
