The Human Thrift Store: An Introduction Into Organ Procurement and Donation

By John Talbot, WFU JD/MA in Bioethics Candidate '21 History The first successful organ transplant occurred in 1954, when one twenty-three-year-old male donated his kidney to his identical twin brother.[1]  Since this first successful transplant, advances in science have allowed more widespread access to transplants, a greater variety of organs capable of transplantation,  and better …