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Medicine
fromwww.mcall.com
2 weeks ago

To find living donors for kidney transplants, a pilot program turns to social networks

A pilot program pairs volunteer social-media "angel advocates" with transplant candidates to increase visibility and improve chances of finding living kidney donors for people with limited networks.
Medicine
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

How this kidney donor pilot program in Pennsylvania is using social media to save lives

A pilot program pairs dialysis patients with volunteer "angel advocates" who use social media to find living kidney donors, improving hope and early outcomes.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I'm so excited': Jesse Eisenberg is donating a kidney to a stranger

Let's say person X needs a kidney in Kansas City [and] their child or whoever was going to donate to them is, for whatever set of reasons, not a match, but somehow I am. That person can still get my kidney and hopefully that child of that person still donates their kidney, right? But it goes to a bank where that person can find a match recipient, but it only works if there is basically an altruistic donor.
Public health
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