The White House Organ Summit Monday in Washington brought hopeful news to the more than 120,000 Americans awaiting organ transplants.
The summit brought together leaders from social media, technology firms, organ transplant advocacy organizations, universities and government agencies to announce collaborations aimed at decreasing that waiting list, which grows by 3,000 each month. The summit also explored ways to close the gap between the 95 percent of Americans who support organ donations and the 50 percent who are actually registered donors.
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