Macharla Punnamma, a 47-year-old housewife from Nalgonda, was declared brain dead after an accident. Her family donated her ...

A person declared brain-dead does not recover or wake up—they eventually die, according to medical experts. Dr George Biketi, a general practitioner, explained that brain death is the complete ...

For decades, brain death has been an important but problematic factor for determining death. Is it time for a new approach?

In a first, scientists in China transplanted a lung from a pig into a human so they could see how the host immune system ...

In cases of brain death, where the heart may still be beating, the patient has lost all vital brain functions, particularly in the brain stem.

Groundbreaking surgery by doctors at NYU Langone successfully transplanted a gene-edited pig kidney and thymus into the body of brain dead man.

The family of Adriana Smith, a woman who carried a baby while brain dead, has given a heartbreaking update on her child.

Experts say cross-species transplants could one day help alleviate the shortage of human organ donations. View on euronews ...

Brain death requires that physicians perform certain clinical tests to make sure the patient has suffered irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain.

Scientists are investigating new ways to bring patients back from a vegetative state—and raising uncomfortable questions ...

A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly ...