![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106232008im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Carnegie Mellon Scientists Devise Method to Increase Kidney Transplants
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June 11, 2007
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Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new computerized method for matching living kidney donors with kidney disease patients that can increase the number of kidney transplants--and save lives.
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