Diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis -- a rare condition that causes a narrowing of the bile ducts -- 46-year-old Frisko was told a liver transplant was the only remedy.

A transplant is the only cure for her liver disease. The world’s first liver transplant was done in 1963 and the first transplant from a living patient donor was done in 1989.

For liver transplant, the odds are even worse: up to 25 per cent of patients, young and old, die waiting. But there is no wait list if a live donor can be found.

Lyndsay Richholt, a 42-year-old mother battling a severe autoimmune liver disease, is making an urgent public plea for live ...

For more information, contact the Liver Donor Program - Multi-Organ Transplant at the Toronto General Hospital at 416-340-4800 ext. 6581 or [email protected].

‘Desperate’ family seeks liver donor for Ottawa-area girl in need of transplant Eight-year-old's parents make appeal on Facebook, asking for 'anyone willing and able' to help their daughter ...

The parents of a Kingston, Ont., toddler held an emotional news conference today to thank the anonymous donor who gave a piece of his liver to three-year-old Binh Wagner. Her twin sister underwent ...

South Korea’s Asan Medical Center supported the procedure. Philippines’ Makati Medical Center (MakatiMed) has performed its ...

The family asks that any would-be donor download and fill out the required form and fax it to Toronto General Hospital’s Living Donor Assessment Office at 416-340-4317.

The syndrome had affected my liver. I was told I needed a transplant and was given instructions to find a donor. I didn’t know how to begin. As a kidney transplant surgeon, I become involved later in ...

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk could undergo liver transplant surgery in the coming week as 12 potential living donors have been identified. The 12 candidates are at various stages of the ...