Despite this shortage, almost 1 out of every 5 kidneys that are recovered from possible donors ends up being discarded — a proportion that has risen over the past decade. (sciencedaily.com)
We were given a list of possible donors, which gave us information on heritage, height, eye color, occupation at time of donation, blood type, and if the donor had a history of sexually transmitted diseases. (thenextfamily.com)
Because of the state's archaic laws, NYPIRG notes that it's possible some donors used companies with dissimilar names wrote checks from different addresses making them difficult to identify. (nystateofpolitics.com)