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The longevity record for kidney transplants

...According to the Web site of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the record in the published medical literature is 34 years...I want people to know" that transplants work, she said. A UNOS spokesman said the figure on the Web site came from a 1997 report...

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Anonymous kidney donor's gift not likely to spur rash of similar gifts

...from living donors, and of those, 163 were unrelated to the recipients, according to the United Network on Organ Sharing. UNOS doesn't keep data on how many of those came from strangers, said spokesman Bob Spieldenner. Matas said he has only heard...

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'National Donor Sabbath' held to highlight acceptance of organ donations by mainstream religions

...000 people are on the national waiting list for donated organs, and 6,124 died last year waiting for organs, according to UNOS, a nonprofit group that maintains the list under contract to the Department of Health and Human Services. When a patient is...

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Oregon family battles state over life-saving transplant

...two jobs to support her two children, said Brandy just wants a chance to start her dream of becoming a chef and maybe even run a bed-and-breakfast inn some day. On the Net: United Network for Organ Sharing: http://www.unos.org

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