New York law poised to increase number of organ donors

  The State of New York has ranked second to last in donor registrations – unsettling for those 10,000 New Yorkers on an organ donor list. But a transplant law inspired by a 12-year-old girl could change that. NBC’s Jenna Wolfe reports.

Decline in altruism could worsen organ shortage

Recent advances have given organ donors easier surgeries and faster recovery times, but the advances have not tackled one primary issue in organ donation: the limited supply of organs. A new paper argues that a trend in society toward less altruism bodes further problems for the availability of orga Full story

Killer's quest: Organ donation after execution

An Oregon death row inmate is mounting an aggressive behind-bars campaign to donate his organs after he’s executed, in part to repay society for the gruesome murders of his wife and three young children. Full story