Using Lungs from Increased-Risk Donors Expands Donor Pool While Maintaining Current Survival Rates.

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Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that using lungs from donors who are considered high risk for certain infectious diseases compared to standard risk donors results in similar one-year survival for recipients. In addition, researchers saw no difference in rejection or graft (donor lung) survival after one year in patients receiving lungs from increased-risk donors.

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[HungryHufflepuff]

That is really hopeful. I'm surprised that 1450 people in the US are waiting for a lung transplant, for some reason I imagined it would be a much bigger number than that. I guess it shows how difficult it is to get a match when you consider the population of the United States and yet there's a waiting list of 1450 people.