Three women—Katie James, Kara Terol, and Hannah Sharma—received life-saving heart transplants before turning 35, according to multiple outlets. After their transplant surgeries, each woman donates the removed heart tissue for medical research. The articles describe them as examples of how recipients can contribute additional value to medical science by allowing medical teams to study donated organs or tissue removed during transplant procedures. While the sources focus on their personal stories and the impact of the donations, they consistently report the same core details: the three women undergo heart transplant operations at a young age (under 35), and afterward the hearts removed during surgery are donated to research. The coverage presents the women’s decisions to donate as part of the transplant pathway and highlights the role of medical science in advancing understanding of heart disease and transplant outcomes. The reporting does not provide further specific details about the research projects involved or the consent process beyond the fact of donation for research.