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" Service to society is the rent we pay for living on this planet. "
Joseph Murray
Living
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" Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status. This spectacular success was a clear demonstration that organ transplantation could be life-saving. "
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" You cannot stop the human mind from working. "
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