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Two Months until we know the outcome between UNOS and Buckeye
Dr. Deepali Kumar (University of Toronto, Director Transplant at University Health Network) was reflecting on his outgoing year as president of the American Society of Transplantation. Basically, despite all the improvements made over the past 70 or so years, we still have a limited organ supply that restricts the best long term outcomes.
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Transplant Battle for Control Continues
As I suspected, the altercation between Buckeye Transplant Services and UNOS is not going to be settled easily.
Stop the Transplants?
Oh, UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) what are we doing now?
Lassos at the ready?
This question- or is that this argument- comes up for discussion routinely. Why are we not transplanting more organs? How can we more adequately provide organs across the USA? Other countries of the world?