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...Other funding sources include foundations, private donations and fundraising initiatives....... Artificial organs would be a boon because organ donations cannot keep pace with demand. In the US, some 80,000 people are waiting for kidney, liver or heart transplants. And of the 23,000 Americans who need a liver, only 5000 got their wish last year. Artificial organs would slash these waiting lists and so...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, February 19, 2002
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