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Why it's hard to reimburse non-directed kidney donors for their travel costs 27 Aug 2013 | 05:40 pm
A letter to the editor of the American Journal of Transplantation: To the Editor: We are responding to the Melcher et al. [1] article, which recommends that the National Living Donor Assistance Cent...
The multiple organ recipient who is also an organ donor... 26 Aug 2013 | 05:51 pm
...and a doctor, and a transplant activist. Here's a remarkable story about Allison John, who needed so many organs that it was easiest to do the surgery if she also got a new heart, and so she became...
A Mentor of Market Designers 25 Aug 2013 | 12:04 pm
Here's an interview with Eduardo Azevedo about being my student: I just came across it recently. I'm proud of him too. The Mentor of Market Designers
Organ donation in Britain: will it follow Israel's lead? 24 Aug 2013 | 05:50 pm
The idea of encouraging people to register as organ donors by giving some priority to registered donors for receiving organs should they need them is still under discussion in Britain, motivated in pa...
When assortative matching on age can interfere with matching 23 Aug 2013 | 12:35 pm
Here's an article addressed to the shidduchim crisis, that leaves some orthodox Jewish women without a husband. The article highlights a video made by young men who married happily after relaxing the ...
Bollywood support for organ-donor registration in India 22 Aug 2013 | 12:07 pm
A Bollywood film and its cast promote deceased organ donation: Ship of Theseus carries message about organ donation Read more: http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/ship-of-theseus-carries-mess...
Signaling that you're not a business traveller by committing to a mixed strategy 21 Aug 2013 | 12:47 pm
Airlines like to price-discriminate against business travellers and others whose trips are non-discretionary. So, how to identify the leisure travellers? Travel site Getgoing.com offers substantial a...
Recruiting through social networks like LinkedIn 20 Aug 2013 | 12:07 pm
The Washington Post talks about how networking sites like LinkedIn are changing recruiting practices for the already employed: How LinkedIn has changed the way you might get your next job "As LinkedI...
Ten kidney exchange transplants on World Kidney Day in Ahmedabad, India 19 Aug 2013 | 12:44 pm
Here's the link: Clinical Studies Ten kidney paired donation transplantation on World Kidney Day 2013: raising awareness and time to take action to increase donor pool Posted online on August 12, 2...
Farmers in India petition to be allowed to sell organs 18 Aug 2013 | 12:23 pm
I (would like to) assume that this story from India only concerns sale of live kidneys for transplantation, but it isn't completely clear to me, given the mention of suicides due to debt: Allow us to...
