Tag: Daniel Wikler
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Science & Tech
The ethics of the organ bazaar
In nearly every country in the world, there is a shortage of kidneys for transplantation. In the United States, around 73,000 people are on waiting lists to receive a kidney. Yet 4,000 die every year before the lifesaving organ is available. Worldwide, about 66,000 kidney transplants are performed annually. By far, that’s too slow a…