The 'Domino Chains' Transforming Kidney Donation
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Living-donor kidney chains—where one altruistic donor triggers a cascade of transplants for multiple recipients—are expanding access to life-saving surgery for the 90,000+ Americans currently on the transplant waitlist, with stranger-to-stranger donation now documented and growing in the U.S.
Kidney exchange chains remain limited in volume relative to total need; most countries still prohibit living donation to unrelated recipients.
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