A curiosity about organ donation I had while listening to the radio on this morning's commute. Something about a woman who donated a kidney to her boss who was on dialysis. She ends up getting fired and its some big deal now about her wanting her kidney back.
Would this even be possible? Say you donated a kidney and the recipient ends up dying, say in a car accident of something similar where the donated kidney was not damaged. Could the donated kidney theoretically be scavenged from the deceased and returned to the donor? Would the typical immuno-suppression drugs taken by the recipient do something to the donor kidney? Or could the kidney be donated again to a third recipient in need?
Would this even be possible? Say you donated a kidney and the recipient ends up dying, say in a car accident of something similar where the donated kidney was not damaged. Could the donated kidney theoretically be scavenged from the deceased and returned to the donor? Would the typical immuno-suppression drugs taken by the recipient do something to the donor kidney? Or could the kidney be donated again to a third recipient in need?
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