UBC and Vancouver General Hospital paving the way for organ donor matching in B.C.

UBC and Vancouver General Hospital paving the way for organ donor matching in B.C.

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Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital are paving the way for kidney transplants by testing the world’s first organ-matching project. Angela Bower has the details.

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