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...chemical filtration system to reduce the number of toxins dumped into the lakes outside Los Angeles. The system is now funded by the city of Torrance, Calif. Yanamadala has spent much of the last four years working at Harvard Medical School studying biochemical signaling pathways related to Polycystic Kidney Disease. The biochemistry concentrator can also count a Hoopes prize for his senior thesis and a masters in Chemistry among his academic accomplishments. In addition, Yanamadala has served as a teaching fellow for five Organic Chemistry courses, earning certificates of distinction for his high evaluation ratings. Since freshman year, Yanamadala...
...organ donor was identified as "37-year-old Lisa," about to die of brain cancer. She proved to be an actress. The contestants, who were also in on the hoax, are real kidney-failure patients, BNN says...
...Lisa" also prepared questions for the contestants, such as "Would you accept a kidney from a serial killer?" In the last round, each contestant had 30 seconds to make a final claim. The hoax announcement was not made until after the first contestant was eliminated...
...More than a thousand people are currently on the waiting list for a kidney in The Netherlands, while only 634 kidneys were transplanted in all of 2006. Despite concerted efforts by the government and medical organizations, the number of organ donors is insufficient to meet demand, and is even falling according to the latest figures...
...network claims firsthand experience of the shortage of donor organs. Its founder, Bart de Graaff, died five years ago from kidney failure while on a waiting list for a transplant. The show was dedicated to De Graaff, and was punctuated with calls to the public to register as organ donors. The number of responses is not yet known...