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A biased test kept Black people from getting kidney transplant. It's finally changing
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A biased test kept Black people from getting kidney transplant. It's finally changing

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Jazmin Evans was waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019, and a racially biased organ test was to blame.

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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

At issue is a once widely used test that overestimated how well their kidneys functioned, making them look healthier than they really were.

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An Alabama woman received a pig kidney transplant last month and is free from dialysis for the first time eight years. 

Effort to remedy harm from race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants

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