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A biased test kept thousands of black people from getting a transplant

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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting kidney transplants — it's finally changing

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting kidney transplants. Thousands of Black kidney patients wrongly placed low on the priority list for an organ transplant because of a biased test. They are now being credited for the lost time, moving them up the list. The test is now being used to move thousands of patients up the organ transplant list.

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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

A racially biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. Now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends. The test is now being used to test Black patients for kidney transplants. The move is part of an effort to change the way the test was administered.

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How a biased test kept thousands of Black patients from getting a new kidney

Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news. She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019. A racially biased organ test was to blame, and a racially biased test kept thousands of Black patients from getting a transplant.

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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

A racially biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. Now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends. The test is now being used to test Black patients for kidney transplants. The move is part of an effort to change the way the test was administered.

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Few transplant surgeons are Black. Giving medical students a rare peek at organ donation may help

A novel program in Tennessee aims to interest more Black and other minority medical students in organ transplants. Few transplant surgeons are Black, but the program aims to help ease troubling disparities. The program is aimed at encouraging more Black medical students to take part in organ donation. It's hoped the program will help ease the disparity between the two sides.

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