«To me, these are miracles,» said Jayme Locke, M.D., surgical director of
the Incompatible Kidney Transplant Program in UAB's School of Medicine and coordinator of the chain.
Development of
the incompatible kidney transplant program at UAB has been a remarkable team effort.
UAB's program that can make transplantation possible between some donors and recipients who would otherwise be incompatible, is the South's leading
incompatible kidney transplant program and the only one of its kind in the Southeast.
Not exact matches
In order to increase living - donor
kidney transplants, a team of physicians from the University of Chicago has proposed to initiate a «paired
kidney exchange» program and study its ethical implications The program would allow two people who need
kidney transplants and have willing but
incompatible donors to exchange donor
kidneys.
The program would allow two people who need
kidney transplants and have willing, but
incompatible, donors to exchange donor
kidneys.
Their proposal — presented (with Web site) for public comment in the New England Journal of Medicine — allows two people who need
kidney transplants and have willing but
incompatible donors to exchange donor
kidneys.
The Registry helps
incompatible living donors receive a
kidney transplant.