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SHREVEPORT, La. -- The Willis Knighton John C. McDonald Transplant Center joined Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency on Friday to mark Donate Life Month with a donor flag raising ceremony.
Black kidney patients were reportedly placed lower on the transplant waitlist due to the eGFR's faulty race-based algorithm.
The Willis Knighton John C. McDonald Transplant Center will join Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency (LOPA) to mark Donate Life Month with a donor flag raising ceremony.
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A Massachusetts man who became the first patient to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig was discharged from a Boston hospital on Wednesday -- several weeks after his surgery.
The kidney transplanted into the 62-year-old is able to carry out key organ functions. Read more at straitstimes.com.