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White House Holds Summit on Organ Transplantation
Author(s) -
Pondrom Sue
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.13942
Subject(s) - medicine , summit , transplantation , white (mutation) , organ transplantation , surgery , cartography , biochemistry , gene , geography , chemistry
In June, the White House announced plans to invest nearly $200 million to increase organ donation and decrease the size of the transplant waiting list in the United States. In this issue of “The AJT Report,” we review the plans and discuss how they may impact the field of transplantation.