Strongyloides Roundworm Parasite

Deadly Parasitic Roundworms Transmitted Through Organ Transplants [PHOTOS]

By Ashik Siddique | Apr 12, 2013 07:42 PM EDT

An uncommon intestinal parasitic threadworm called Strongyloides stercoralis infected whole organ transplant recipients through the kidneys, pancreas, liver, and heart of a single donor.

Jennifer Wederell

Cancer Death of Patient Given Smoker's Lung Reveals 40% of Transplanted Lungs Come From Smokers

By Christine Hsu | Dec 17, 2012 01:20 PM EST

The family of a UK cystic fibrosis patient who died of cancer after she was given a smoker's lung during a transplant operation is speaking out about her death for the first time.

Carina Melchior

Danish Teen Wakes From the "Dead" Just as Doctors Prepare to Harvest Her Organs

By Christine Hsu | Oct 18, 2012 01:37 PM EDT

A teenage girl who had been stuck in a coma after a catastrophic car crash miraculously woke up just as doctors were about to declare her brain dead and harvest her organs.

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