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Number of kidneys transplants 'could be doubled'

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There is a real shortage of kidney donors in the UK, with 7000 people waiting for a transplant.

Professor Andrew Bradley explains new research in the Lancet which suggests that kidneys currently considered unsuitable for donation could in fact be good enough to use.


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