The story of transplants has always been one of altruism. After all, organs can be neither sold nor purchased. They can only be donated as a gift of life.

There were more than 48,000 organ transplants in the United States last year. They’re commonplace now, but the practice was considered experimental only a half-century ago.

Lead surgeon Dr. Joseph Murray went on to win a Nobel ... and the operation went on as planned with no complications. Richard Herrick met his future wife, Clare, in the recovery room, where ...

when Dr. Joseph Murray performed the world’s first successful organ transplant at Boston’s Peter Bent Brigham Hospital between identical twin brothers Ronald and Richard Herrick. Richard had ...