11.   In addition, living donors are tested more extensively than cadaver donors, and only the healthiest are selected.

12.   In some cases, small children can be given a portion of the organ from a living donor, usually a parent or other family member.

13.   Interest in the living donors has been high because there are not enough organs from cadavers for all the people who need them.

14.   Most organs are taken from people who are brain-dead, although in the case of kidneys, one can be taken from a living donor.

15.   Most living donor kidney transplants are between relatives.

16.   Nearly half the kidneys used at leading transplant centers are coming from living donors, most of them relatives.

17.   Since living donors must be healthy, and they undergo rigorous testing for tissue compatibility, this also lessens the chances of rejection by the recipient.

18.   Sukie got her kidney from a living donor, which is possible with kidneys.

19.   Take for example the idea of using more living donors for kidney transplants.

20.   The extraordinary ability of the liver to regenerate is what makes living donor transplants possible..