When AmberJean Hansen learned an anonymous woman wanted to donate her liver to Hansen’s now 4-year-old daughter, she was thrilled, but cautious. Hansen had tried to donate her own liver to her daughter, Penelope, who was born with a rare...

Because of the high cost of their medications, transplant patients frequently are confronted with difficult-to-impossible choices in figuring out how to obtain and pay for the drugs they need. That’s according to National Foundation for...

Each year, volunteers come together to hold a motorcycle run in memory of Mike Friedel, a local firefighter, hero and organ donor who passed away in 2012. The proceeds of this bike run go to the National Foundation for Transplants to help...

The Memphis-based National Foundation for Transplants serves about 3,500 clients each year, and since its establishment in 1983 has distributed more than $80 million to pay for transplant-related expenses, in addition to promoting and...

Nearly 20 years have passed since Patricia Watford found a new lease on life thanks to a double transplant operation. After a life full of medical problems, Watford’s life took a dramatic turn in March of 1998 when an 11-hour medical procedure...

Robert Jackson has had trouble breathing his whole life, and 10 years ago doctors figured out why. In 2005, Jackson, 39, was diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis, a disease that causes small lumps to develop on organs. In Jackson's case, the...