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A Market for Kidneys?
« on: November 20, 2013, 10:41:12 AM »
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB118901049137818211

A Market for Kidneys?

(Julio Elias vs. Al Roth)

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"So it doesn't seem to me inevitable that Julio and his colleagues' arguments will lead, surely or soon, to a change in the laws banning kidney sales. And if kidney sales remain banned for a long time, other developments (such as cures for kidney diseases, or breakthroughs in using pig kidneys for transplantation) may arrive in time to make kidney sales, and human transplants themselves, unnecessary. This is one reason I have been putting my energy into developing kidney exchange: It's a way to combine economics with surgical know-how to achieve real gains soon. I'll be glad if something even better eventually becomes possible. It's good to attack big problems from all angles. Thanks, Julio, for the discussion."
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Re: A Market for Kidneys?
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2013, 10:41:51 AM »
No mention of getting living donation protocols right, first.
Unrelated directed kidney donor in 2003, recipient and I both are well.
629 time blood and platelet donor since 1976 and still giving!
Elected to the OPTN/UNOS Boards of Directors & Executive, Kidney Transplantation, and Ad Hoc Public Solicitation of Organ Donors Committees, 2005-2011
Proud grandpa!

 

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