The Gift of Life: Organs & Tissues for Transplant

One person can help many through organ and tissue donation. Learn what can be donated to help save a life or give a better quality of life.

	Liver Transplants More than 15,000 people in the U.S. await life-saving liver transplants.
	Heart Transplants There are more than 3,000 people awaiting heart transplants in the U.S.
	Kidney Transplants More than 83,000 people in the U.S. are on the waiting list for kidney transplants.
	Intestine Transplants In children, the small intestine is often transplanted in combination with the liver, stomach and pancreas – a multi-organ transplant.
	Lung Transplants More than 1,800 people await life-saving lung transplants in the U.S.
	Pancreas Transplants Pancreas transplants offer hope to patients with type 1 diabetes.
	Tissue Donation While many people are familiar with the idea of organ donation, tissue donation is no less a gift of life. The gift of donated tissue can help many people in a variety of ways, and the stories of lives changed by generous donor are countless.