120,000 join the donor register
120,000 people have signed up to the Organ Donor Register this week. ITV's From the Heart campaign has taken place during the week of Valentine's Day to raise awareness of organ donation.
Keeping transplant patients alive until a donor can be found
Every day in the UK three people die waiting for an organ transplant.
Each day this week on ITV News in our series From the Heart we have been highlighting how many lives could be saved if the desperate shortage of organ donors across Britain was ended.
ITV News Medical Editor Lawrence McGinty is at Papworth Hospital and has been speaking to transplant surgeons about a device which helps keep transplant patients alive until they receive a donor organ:
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Vincenzo Avanzato: The singing heart patient
Vincenzo has been transformed from a patient so sick he could not wash his face to a man who strides confidently with a gleam in his eye.
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From the Heart: Organ Donation around the world
A look at organ donation rates around the world and how the UK compares.
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From the Heart: A Tonight Special
In a one hour special the Tonight programme investigates the lives of the 10,000 Brits on waiting lists for an organ transplant.