INFOGRAPHIC // ByJennifer Bails // Infographic by Flying Chilli // Winter 2010 <p><i>Across the United States, more than 83,000 patients with end-stage renal disease await a kidney transplant. Many of these people will be on the United Network for Organ Sharing waiting list for more than five years until they receive a kidney from a deceased donor; each year, several thousand die waiting. To make at least a small dent in this toll, surgeons are attempting a new transplantation strategy called a nonsimultaneous, extended, altruistic-donor (NEAD) chain&mdash;a trend that began two years ago when a 28-year-old college student and father of four from Michigan donated a kidney to a stranger, simply because he could. Here&rsquo;s how it works&mdash;and why not all feel it&rsquo;s a good idea. </p></i> <strong><p>Please click <a href="http://protomag.com/statics/W_10_infographic.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> for the full image.</strong></p> 1736 2010-01-20T16:24:32-06:00 #<User:0xa56b814> Each year, several thousand people die waiting for a kidney transplant. Could a new strategy that relies on altruistic donors help reduce that number? 0 Organ Donation NEAD Chains: Paying It Forward 0 521 false Winter 2010 Paying It Forward 2010-01-27T00:00:00-06:00 Each year, several thousand people die waiting for a kidney transplant. Could a new strategy that relies on altruistic donors help reduce that number? nead chains, organ transplants, nonsimultaneous, extended, altruistic-donor, organ donation, kidney transplants, michael rees organ-donation-nead-chains-paying-it-forward 2010-01-20 1737

Could a new strategy help reduce the number of people who die waiting for kidney transplants?

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