Read more transplant list stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27249/transplant-list.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:08:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/54553/live-kidney-donors-should-be-encouraged-not-doubted.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Frances Kissling learned she needed a kidney transplant, she took a step most people in her situation never do: She asked dozens of friends and colleagues if they would be willing to donate. "I was bowled over by how people responded," the Catholic feminist activist writes for Salon—she...http://www.newser.com/story/54553/live-kidney-donors-should-be-encouraged-not-doubted.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 11:20:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23940/docs-pull-off-6-kidney-swap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a procedure that took 13 hours and involved more than 100 medical personnel, Johns Hopkins Hospital pulled off the US' first six-way kidney transplant, the Baltimore Sun reports. Six donors provided six patients with working organs in Saturday's so-called "domino" procedure. All 12 were listed in good condition yesterday;...http://www.newser.com/story/23940/docs-pull-off-6-kidney-swap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Apr 2008 13:23:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22239/transplant-list-called-misleading.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of patients on a national list for organ transplants are actually ineligible to receive them, the Washington Post reports. One third of the 98,000 patients on the United Network for Organ Sharing list are either too sick or too healthy to get a new organ. Critics say including...http://www.newser.com/story/22239/transplant-list-called-misleading.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Mar 2008 14:16:08 CDT