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United Network for Organ Sharing

For Students 9th - 10th
This nonprofit charitable organization maintains the nation's organ transplant waiting list under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Includes a fact sheet,...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Transplantation and Cancer Immunology

For Students 9th - 10th
Students discover how blood typing affects transfusions and organ transplants. They will also learn how the immune response is able to control some cancers.
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Texas A&M University

Peer Curricula: Story Time: Peter Medawar

For Students 9th - 10th
The biographies in the PEER Curricula site emphasize the early life of scientists and how they developed their interests. This biography of Peter Medawar is no exception. His teachers were important mentors in his life and led to his...
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U.s. Department of Health and Human Services: Donate the Gift of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this resource to learn about the need for life-saving organ donations. Also find statistics on donors and recipients. Includes video.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Printing a Human Kidney

For Students 9th - 10th
Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient...
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Transplant Q/a

For Students 9th - 10th
Article with questions and answers relating to heart transplants. Great info from who is eligible, what is an average cost, what drugs are related and much more.