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Boy Ordered to Transfer Middle Schools for Having Cystic Fibrosis Gene
An 11-year-old California boy has been told he needs to transfer to a different public middle school because he carries the gene for–but does not have–the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. From...
View ArticleKids’ Organ Transplant Policy Receives One-Year Change
The national policy that governs the way organ donations and transplants work has been given a one-year change to allow children under age 12 to be eligible for priority on adult transplant lists. The...
View Article10-Year-Old’s Lung Transplant Complete
Sarah Murnaghan, the 10-year-old Pennsylvania cystic fibrosis patient who’s been at the center of the debate over organ transplant policy, underwent a lung transplant yesterday, receiving adult lungs...
View Article10-Year-Old Lung Transplant Patient Awakens from Coma
Sarah Murnaghan, the 10-year-old girl who was at the center of the debate around whether children should be placed on priority lists for the transplant of adult organs, has awakened from a medically...
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11-Year-Old Lung Transplant Patient Returns Home
Sarah Murnaghan has finally returned home. The 11-year-old, who has cystic fibrosis, underwent a double lung transplant earlier this summer after a federal judge temporarily changed the national policy...
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