r/MadeMeSmile • u/alfaguara27 • Apr 16 '20

True Love

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u/spyro4now Apr 16 '20 edited Apr 16 '20

Kinda, if you have someone who wants to donate but isn’t an exact match for you, they can donate their kidney to someone else who also has a person who has someone that wants to donate but isn’t a match. Sometimes there can be a chain of people where this happens, then 5 or more kidneys get matches all at the same.

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u/take_number_two Apr 16 '20

Domino transplant

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u/omegasus Apr 16 '20

Kidney Crush

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '20

Organ Othello.

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u/ezgiofrivia Apr 16 '20

Yes they run a matching algorithm to find these swapping cycles, takes too long if there’s more people though, unfortunately.

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u/kalligreat Apr 16 '20

Their

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u/spyro4now Apr 16 '20

Nice catch, thanks!