Forbes December 31, 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, I’d like to highlight three recent health care stories that put a smile on my face.
The first is from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Their transplant surgery team recently completed a record-setting combination of 20 transplant surgeries as part of a “chain” to match compatible donors with appropriate recipients.
For example, suppose Mrs. Adams needed a kidney and her husband Mr. Adams was willing to donate one of his kidneys to her, but he was not a suitable tissue “match.” Similarly, Mrs. Baker needed a kidney and Mr. Baker was willing to donate a kidney, but he was also not match for his wife. An appropriate matching algorithm...
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