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  2. Sisters used Craigslist to find a kidney donor for their dad ...

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    With few options, the Flood sisters used Craigslist to secure a kidney donor for their ailing father in 2008. Since then, the women have made it their mission to save others.

  3. National Kidney Registry - Wikipedia

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    Historically, these donors would be turned away and the patient would lose the opportunity to receive a life-saving kidney transplant. KPD overcomes donor-recipient incompatibility by swapping kidneys between multiple donor-recipient pairs, and connecting them in longer chains, as well as taking an altruistic non-directed donor, and start ...

  4. National Kidney Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The National Kidney Foundation, Inc. (NKF) is a voluntary nonprofit health organization in the United States, headquartered in New York City, with over 30 local offices across the country. Its mission is to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and ...

  5. United Network for Organ Sharing - Wikipedia

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    The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is a non-profit scientific and educational organization that administers the only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) in the United States, established (42 U.S.C. § 274) by the U.S. Congress in 1984 by Gene A. Pierce, founder of United Network for Organ Sharing.

  6. How safe is it to donate a kidney? New research has ... - AOL

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    CORRECTION: (August 28, 2024 1:46 p.m. ET): A previous version of this article misstated the number of deaths and the death rates for kidney donors. From 1993-2002, there were 13 deaths and a ...

  7. 'Someone I love needs a kidney.' The story behind the car ...

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    There were 192 kidney transplants — 130 from deceased donors and 62 from living donors — performed in Iowa in 2023, Butterfield said. What can you do if you want to donate a kidney?

  8. List of organ transplant donors and recipients - Wikipedia

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    Prince of Sweden, husband of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden and former personal trainer and gym owner. Underwent a kidney transplant at Karolinska University Hospital, his father was the donor. May 27, 2009 [38] Lucy Davis (1973–) Actress best known for playing the character Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy, The Office. Kidney received in ...

  9. Family turns to social media to find kidney donor - AOL

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    SEDALIA, Mo. —A Missouri family is using an unusual technique to try to find a kidney donor. Kevin Heuerman, a Sedalia husband and father, has polycystic kidney disease. He said his biggest wish ...