The Story of UNOS and the U.S. Organ Transplant System
The Story of UNOS and the U.S. Organ Transplant System
UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) was created in the 1980s to solve a critical problem:
organs were being wasted because there was no national system to match donors with recipients.
Its history is tied to landmark medical advances, legal reforms, and important cases that shaped modern transplantation.