Organ donor transplants

An organ transplant is the moving of an organ from digit body to another, or from a donor place on the patient's possess body, for the determine of exchange the recipient's damaged or absent organ. The emerging field of Regenerative medicine may soon[when?] allow organs to be re-grown from the patient's possess cells (stem cells, or cells extracted from the imperfectness organs.)Organs that crapper be transplanted are the heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, pancreas, intestine, and skin. Tissues include bones, tendons, cornea, heart valves, veins, and arms. Worldwide, the kidneys are the most commonly transplanted organs.

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The development of organ transplantation is one of the
greatest accomplishments of modern medicine. Unfortunately,
supply is not meeting demand. Thousands of people die every
year waiting for a life saving organ. According to NORS, the
Nebraska Organ Recovery System, “every 16 minutes another
name is added to the list of Americans waiting for life saving
transplants.” As of June 4, 2004, the Organ Procurement and
Transplant Network reported 85,707 people on the organ waiting
list, 408 of those are people in Nebraska. 206 Nebraskans are in need of a kidney, 130 need a liver, 15 are awaiting a pancreas, 25 need both a kidney and a pancreas, and 14 of those are waiting for a heart.