Continuing coverage: The UTMB Texas Transplant Center was recently recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for stellar achievements in lung transplantation and success in increasing the number of organs available for transplantation. The Texas Transplant Center was awarded a Silver Medal for Lung Transplantation based on its performance from criteria including wait-list mortality rates after patients are listed for transplantation, transplantation rates and survival after transplantation. The center is among 44 transplant programs in the United States — and one of six adult lung transplantation programs overall — to receive this recognition. The news also appears on the Donate Life: Organ and Tissue Donation blog.