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Jilly_in_VA

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5. Technically

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 16, 2022, 06:13 PM

Feb 2022

they probably couldn't use a whole lot more than your skin and possibly some tissue and bone (if in good condition) past about age 65, but like you, I've kept the donor box on my driver's license checked anyway. You never know what might change in the near future.

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This Little Blood Type Trick Could Enable Universal Lung Transplants [View all] Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 OP

That is pretty damn clever. Chainfire Feb 2022 #1

That sounds fantastic! I hope this will pan out, as many are waiting for transplants. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2022 #2

Potential major game changer. 3catwoman3 Feb 2022 #3

I'm already type O mysel. O positive, as it happens. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #4

Technically Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #5

I am in excellent health, lucky me. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2022 #6