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South African surgeons have successfully transplanted a liver from an HIV-positive mother to her HIV-negative child. (Reuters)
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South Africa makes history: an HIV-positive mom donates her liver

This mother asked doctors to allow her to save her child. Read how she did it.

Research at Stellenbosch University looks at the link between viral infections and cardiovascular disease.

Don’t harden your heart: Give it and save more than one life

One organ donor can save seven lives and improve the quality of life for 50 more people.

Saving baby Zia from a rare disease

A procedure new to SA has allowed a young mother to give part of her liver to save her son.

Grateful recipient: Pervaiz Khan

Transplants, tragedy and the true kindness of strangers

Organ donations are rare in SA: donors and the specialists needed to do transplants are few. But awareness increases as more lives are being saved.

Organ donation: A fight to survive

With organ donations in SA dipping as low as two per million people many don’t live long enough to find a suitable match, writes Faranaaz Parker.

Scientists unveil method to create bioartificial organs

Scientists on Tuesday presented a technique to create bioartifical organs using stem cells which they said will reduce the rejection of an organ.

Drug could double life of donor organs

Doctors are to begin the trial of a treatment that could double the time transplanted organs survive in the body.

After double transplant, left hand reaches brain first

When patients had both hands transplanted, their brains re-established connections much more quickly with the left hand than the right.

Egypt pressured to end underground organ trade

The poverty of Cairo’s slums forced a young couple to sell nearly everything they had. When that wasn’t enough, each of them sold a kidney.

SA pioneers HIV+ transplant

New procedure throws lifeline to HIV-positive renal patients.