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Hazmat35
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« on: February 25, 2011, 04:45:18 AM »
I saw this on ABC news last night (2-24-11).  It is how the rating system is might be changed so that younger patients get a matched kidney over older patients who are a match also, regardless of how long they have been waiting for a transplant. 

There is an article on the website, as well as a video of the broadcast. 

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/organ-donation-younger-patients-kidneys/story?id=12992027
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