An elderly South Carolina man whose wife's only kidney was failing became concerned that their time together would run out before her name reached the top of the waiting list, so he did what any loving husband would do: He walked the streets of his hometown for a year asking strangers for a spare kidney.

The University of Toledo Medical Center in Ohio suspended two operating-room staff nurses earlier this month after one of them accidentally threw away a donated kidney, rendering it unusable.

The Telegraph reports on a teenager in China who allegedly sold his own kidney to afford an iPad 2 and iPhone. He told reporters that he had found an advertisement online that offered 20,000 yuan ($3000 US) for a kidney. So he made the journey to the city of Chenzhou in Hunan Province where, he says, a hospital cut him open, plucked out the organ, and paid him for his time.