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News'Race matching' moot for heart transplant patients
The practice of 'race matching' organ donors and recipients appears to have little effect on transplant success, nor does it hold any significance in the disproportionately worse outcomes after heart Read more...
Critics bash organ transplant pilot program over ethical concerns
Emergency physicians at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Presbyterian Hospital and Allegheny General Hospital, also in Pittsburgh, have a green light to preserve organs from just two Read more...
Trial of CA transplant surgeon underway
The trial of a San Francisco transplant surgeon accused of hastening a patient's death to harvest his organs was scheduled to begin on Monday. Opening statements were set to be made in the case Read more...
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