Mayo Clinic Minute – Expanding the residing kidney donor pool to individuals with Type 2 diabetes
Mayo Clinic Minute – Expanding the residing kidney donor pool to individuals with Type 2 diabetes
With greater than 90,000 individuals within the U.S. awaiting kidney transplants, the demand exceeds the obtainable provide — emphasizing the vital significance of figuring out protected methods to broaden the donor pool.
Dr. Naim Issa, a Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist, says, till just lately, sufferers with Type 2 diabetes have been dominated out as potential residing kidney donors. Now, following strict standards, some sufferers could also be eligible to assist shut the hole on this ever-growing want for residing kidney donors.
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