The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. But last year about half of the deceased ...

Brain stem is that part of the brain that connects the spinal cord with the “main” brain and contains areas that control ...

What happens to the human brain and body after death has remained a long-standing question. It’s intriguing to think about ...

Brain activity has been detected up to an hour after cardiac arrest, challenging long-held beliefs about when death truly ...

Recent advancements in organ procurement techniques to improve the quality of donated organs have given rise to normothermic regional perfusion (NRP), a procedure that restores blood flow to organs in ...

Scientists are questioning how soon we should be harvesting organs.