— Somewhere in Ontario, a teenage boy who was very sick is thriving with a new kidney.

Double organ recipient Robyn Donnelly counts herself "really lucky" for her successful kidney and pancreas transplants.

The research from the University of British Columbia is the first to show that human stem cell transplants can successfully restore insulin production and reverse diabetes in mice.

Diabetic mice were able to go off insulin after receiving a pancreatic stem cell transplant, which restarted the cycle in which insulin production rises or falls based on blood sugar levels.

Scientists at the University of British Columbia and BetaLogics have reversed diabetes in mice using stem cells.

Hopkinton mother Maria Flannery plays Super Mom four days a week. On the other three, dialysis for a failed kidney and Type 1 diabetes cripples her. She needs a donated kidney, she'd like a donated pancreas, but the long wait could be killing her.

Waiting lists for organ transplants in the province are growing, as are the number of people on them who are dying, states Alberta Health Services.

SOUTH RIVER — Francis Anderson worked two full-time jobs for 35 years as a history and religious education teacher by day at Marist High School in Bayonne, and a freight agent for American Airlines by night. read more

On one side, there is joy: up to eight people and their families whose prayers for a life-saving or life-altering transplant have been answered. On the other is sorrow: a family grieving the loss of a loved one who made all those miracles possible.

On one side, there is joy: up to eight people and their families whose prayers for a life-saving or life-altering transplant have been answered. On the other is sorrow: a family grieving the loss of a loved one who made all those miracles possible.