Jacquelyn Eberle was 57 and renewing her driver’s license when she did something she’d never done before: she signed up to become an organ donor upon her death. The West Allis, Wis., resident was motivated to take that step after seeing a magnet that r… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story previously appeared on PBS NewsHour.) What happens if you need a kidney transplant and don’t know someone who is a biological match? A Nobel prize-winning economist has a solution: transplant chains. Donors agree to give to a… Continue reading
About 95,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant today. On average, they will wait three to five years before a match turns up on the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) list. But during 2016, 4,830 died on the kidney list while waiting an… Continue reading