• Board approves policy to increase liver transplant benefit
  Thursday, June 24, 2004
  The board took action at its June 2004 meeting.
  

• Special announcement from HRSA regarding West Nile Virus
  Friday, January 9, 2004
  Immunocompromised individuals may be at greater risk for severe disease.
  

• Board approves pilot study on access to kidney transplants among minority and disadvantaged candidates
  Friday, November 21, 2003
  The study is intended to improve transplant access among ethnic minorities and disadvantaged people on dialysis.
  

• Collaboration announced to increase donation among minorities
  Friday, September 26, 2003
  Former NBA star Sean Elliott announced a national education campaign to promote organ donation among U.S. minority communities.
  

• New technology allows electronic sharing of donor information
  Wednesday, August 27, 2003
  DonorNet facilitates organ placement and acceptance by providing secure, convenient and flexible donor information to transplant center personnel.
  

• UNOS continues to review transplant error
  Wednesday, March 5, 2003
  We are reviewing the mismatched transplant and gathering facts from all members involved in the case.
  

• Statement regarding Jesica Santillian's transplant
  Thursday, February 20, 2003
  Information is being gathered from all organizations involved in the case.
  

• First heart transplant performed 35 years ago
  Tuesday, December 3, 2002
  Surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on a human being at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
  

• Board revises kidney policy to boost minority transplants
  Thursday, November 14, 2002
  Data suggest the policy change would allow more than 200 additional kidney transplants annually for minority patients.
  

• Status of investigation into West Nile infection in organ transplant recipients
  Friday, September 20, 2002
  Officials are vigorously investigating possible cases of West Nile viral infection among transplant recipients.
  

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