If I need a kidney, now is the time to plant the seed

by YankeeJim | February 24, 2011 at 04:19 am

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I hope I don’t need one, but I am down to one kidney. It is healthy and medical news says that it may be possible to take DNA from a kidney, plant it into a pig host, and have it develop into a cloned organ. That possibility is still in the future, but maybe I should have the doc scrape a sample and tuck it away. Then again, the older I get, the less likely I will be able to use a donor kidney because they say they are going to allocate them to the younger patients, which makes sense.

There is a kidney donor panel that will decide. Is that like a death panel?

Breaking News Alert: Organ-transplant system considering rules that would benefit younger, healthier people

February 23, 2011 9:16:19 PM

The nation’s organ-transplant network is considering giving younger, healthier people preference over older, sicker patients for the best kidneys. The new rules would do away with the current system of giving priority primarily to patients who have been on the waiting list longest, as part of the most comprehensive overhaul of the transplant system in 25 years.”

http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/46MP2V/725Z56/DIO2NE/BUG8E2/QAI82/HK/h