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New Center for Living Organ Donation Aims to Increase Awareness, Improve Transplant Access

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Penn Medicine

Penn Medicine has opened a new Center for Living Organ Donation. Their goal is to increase awareness about the need for living organ donations. As WHYY’s Nicole Leonard reports, the center also aims to close disparities in these types of transplants.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 1/19/23)

Nicole Leonard is a health and science reporter for WHYY News. She joined the newsroom in 2022 after covering health care for Connecticut Public Radio. Before that, she was the health reporter for the Press of Atlantic City.