An organ transplant is the transplantation of an organ (or part of one) from one body to another, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor.
Blood transfusion and bone marrow transplants are special cases of a transplant where the tranplanted part of the body is renewable; in other cases, the organ donor either has another of the same organ (such as lungs or kidneys), or has been declared brain dead.
Organs that can currently be transplanted include:
The heart and lungs are sometimes transplanted together, in a heart-lung transplant[?].
Other forms of organ transplants include
Organ transplants that can not be berformed today include
See also: Artificial organ