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Will this help the thousands of Americans who need a kidney transplant get one in time? Reuters/Kevin Lamarque

July 12, 2019

Trump’s order for more action on kidney disease may shrink organ transplant waitlists

Amit Tevar, University of Pittsburgh

The need for organs to transplant far exceeds the supply.

When rain from Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston and surrounding areas, some people were more eager to volunteer than others. michelmond/Shutterstock.com

November 13, 2017

Why it can make sense to believe in the kindness of strangers

Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz, University of Pennsylvania

Caring about someone you have never met, this new brain research suggests, may have a lot in common with caring about the people you love.

People undergoing dialysis would have a better quality of life if they had a kidney transplant. from shutterstock.com

June 19, 2017

A quarter of kidney donors are living: what you need to know to be a donor

Holly Hutton, Monash University

Many patients with end stage kidney disease would live longer and have a better quality of life with a kidney transplant compared to staying on dialysis.

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Holly Hutton
Nephrologist, PhD candidate at Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Monash University
Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz
Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
Amit Tevar
Associate Professor of Surgery; Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh

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