Showing posts with label kidney transplant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kidney transplant. Show all posts

Monday, February 11, 2019

MEDICINE - The Giving Chain

"How an economist’s idea to create kidney transplant chains has saved lives" PBS NewsHour 2/7/2019

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SUMMARY:  What happens if you need a kidney transplant and don’t know someone who is a biological match?  A Nobel prize-winning economist has a solution: transplant chains.  Donors agree to give to a stranger in exchange for a kidney for their loved one, but it has to start with someone willing to give without getting anything in return.  Paul Solman has the story of two donors who volunteered to do just that.

Monday, August 20, 2018

ORGAN TRANSPLANTS - Kidney Donor Market

"The economic principle that powers this kidney donor market" PBS NewsHour 8/16/2018

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SUMMARY:  A hundred thousand Americans are on a waiting list for a kidney from a deceased donor.  But another option is the paired-organ exchange [UNOS], which allows living kidney donors who are not a match with their intended recipient to network with others who are.  Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.