It's a rather simple idea. Two patients desperately need kidney transplants. Each has a willing, live donor, but blood and tissue types make the donors incompatible. So the patients agree to a swap-I'll take your donor, you take mine. It's called kidney paired donation, and it offers the potential to save thousands of lives and millions of dollars. Paired donations could also boost other live organ transplants, including livers and even lungs.
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