News
New Intestine Program Applications and Bylaws
The implementation of these bylaws was delayed to allow for the development of new application forms and the approval of those forms by Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB has recently approved the new intestine transplant program applications.
Board approves enhanced liver distribution system
A set of policy amendments was approved to reduce geographic differences in liver transplant candidates’ access to a timely transplant.
At two years, HOPE Act still offering hope
Two years since its implementation, the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (also known as the HOPE Act) has continued to provide transplant opportunities for candidates with HIV who are willing to accept organ offers from HIV-positive donors.
Policy modification to lung distribution sequence
Effective at 8 p.m. Eastern time, November 24, 2017, the OPTN lung allocation system was modified.
UNOS Organ Center at 35: A vital link with the transplant community
Since July 1982, the UNOS Organ Center has been working every hour of the day and night to help make transplants happen.
Odds for receiving a kidney transplant now equal for black, white and Hispanic candidates
Recent improvements in national kidney transplant policy have evened the rates at which African-American, Hispanic and Caucasian transplant candidates receive kidneys from deceased donors, according to UNOS data.
