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...this, nearly 80,000 Americans are waiting for a new heart, kidney or some other organ that could save their life. Tragically, about 6,000 of them will die this year--nearly twice as many people as perished in the Sept. 11 attacks--because they won't get their transplant in time. The vast majority of Americans (86%, according to one poll) say they support organ donation. But only 20% actually sign up to do it. Why the shortfall...
...family," says Dr. Howard Brody, professor of family practice at the Center for Ethics and Humanities at Michigan State University. "People worry that we?ll end up taking organs from the poor to give to the rich, who are by and large the people who make it onto the transplant waiting lists in the first place...
Moore, a pioneer in the field of surgery who oversaw the first successful human organ transplant, died last Saturday of heart failure...
Moore led the way in the development of organ transplantation and heart surgery methods, heading the team that performed the first organ transplant in 1954, transferring a kidney between identical twins...
...present, LVADS are used primarily to buy time for patients who are waiting for a heart transplant. But the pumps had developed such a good track record over the years that doctors started to wonder if the devices could provide a more long-term solution...