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  2. List of organ transplant donors and recipients - Wikipedia

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    American Investor known for donating over $45 million of his personal wealth to charity. Donated kidney to a stranger. Kidney [92] Dick Cass (1946–) President of the Baltimore Ravens football team, donated kidney to law school friend Kidney [93] Jake Garn (1932–) U.S. Senator/Space Shuttle specialist, donated a kidney to his daughter Kidney

  3. National Kidney Registry - Wikipedia

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    Website. kidneyregistry .org. The National Kidney Registry ( NKR) is a national registry in the United States listing kidney donors and recipients in need of a kidney transplant. NKR facilitates over 450 "Kidney Paired Donation" (KPD) or "Paired Exchange" transplants annually. [ 1][ 2] More than one-third of potential living kidney donors who ...

  4. United Network for Organ Sharing - Wikipedia

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    The United Network for Organ Sharing ( UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network ( OPTN) in the United States, established ( 42 U.S.C. § 274) by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce, founder of United Network for Organ Sharing.

  5. Kidney transplantation - Wikipedia

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    Kidney transplantation. Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease (ESRD). Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantation depending on the source of the donor organ.

  6. Sisters used Craigslist to find a kidney donor for ... - AOL

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    From left: Sisters Heather Flood, Jennifer Flood and Cynthia Flood found their father an organ donor using Craigslist, and now they've created a foundation to help others in need. (Courtesy of ...

  7. Organ donation - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, working through Datpa, kidney recipients pay donors between $2,300 and $4,500. [103] Importantly, it is illegal for the medical and surgical teams involved or any 'middleman' to receive payment. [104] Charity donations are made to those donors whose recipients are unable to pay.

  8. National Kidney Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The National Kidney Foundation, Inc. (NKF) is a voluntary nonprofit health organization in the United States, headquartered in New York City, with over 30 local offices across the country. Its mission is to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and ...

  9. Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away ...

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    Research on kidney transplants suggests that kidneys from donors with two copies of the higher-risk APOL1 variants fail at higher rates after transplantation. This could explain the data on Black ...