How Do Transplant Patients Wind Up with Killer Organs?

April 18, 2008

Last week in Discoblog, we discussed a case involving a 15-year-old boy, Alex Koehne, whose undiagnosed lymphoma was spread to four other people through the transplanting of his organs. Two of the organ recipients have died, and the other two are undergoing treatment.

So how could multiple organs carrying disease be harvested and transplanted without anyone’s noticing? (DISCOVER Magazine)