Organ donation is the removal and transfer process of organ(s) from one patient to another. Researchers used animals and humans to experiment on in the 18th century. Many spend their entire lives on the waiting list to no avail. The lack of volunteer donors greatly impacts the United States(U.S.) causing the patient to seek help elsewhere. Along with the stress of going through the donation process the financial burden can limit the family and put them in a bind. The manipulation of cells is the future of saving lives. The organ donation process has surpassed great boundaries through the past centuries. Therefore, organ donation should be mandatory because it is a selfless way to give back to others, there is no financial burden in becoming …show more content…
To perform a lung transplant it requires two or move living donors to donate a lobe for the patient to receive a full lung. Most transplants are caused by lung disease such as cystic fibrosis, emphysema, and lung cancer. Liver transplants mostly come from deceased donors although a healthy living donor can donate half or a portion to the patient. Cirrhosis is the most common reason for adults to receive a transplant. Waiting on a donated kidney can take some time from a deceased donor. Most often the patient looks to family members to donate. While the patient is on the waiting list, he has to go through dialysis process for ten to twelve hours daily. Pancreas transplants are common in patients who have Type 1 Diabetes. The pancreas is the sole provider of insulin for the body. When the procedure has taken place the patient will no longer take a daily shot. Those who have had a heart transplant can only receive a transplant from a deceased donor. The patient most likely has gone through some form of heart failure and is in urgent need of a replacement. Short-gut syndrome patients are those mainly in need of intestinal