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Podcast: Cato Event Podcast
Episode: Obstacles to Organ Donations: The Dire State of Kidney Transplantation
Description: Kidney disease kills more than 50,000 people each year—more than auto accidents, drug overdoses, or suicides.There are more than 500,000 people with end-stage renal disease currently undergoing dialysis, the majority of whom are Hispanics, African-Americans, and Native Americans. The only cure is a kidney transplant.However, a severe kidney shortage exists right now: while about 17,000 transplants were performed in 2016, about 100,000 patients remain on the waiting list. Thousands of people will die this year without a kidney becoming available for them.Various methods to increase the supply of available kidneys have proven to be either un...