The
New York Times 
(4/1, A20, Sack, Subscription Publication) reported that last week at a
two-day conference in Herndon, Virginia, "leaders in the field of
kidney transplantation recommended...that a single nationwide registry
should oversee the complex matching process needed to expand the use of
transplant chains and other forms of paired donation." However, at the
close of the meeting, "there was little consensus on how, when, or even
whether the fragmented young field should unify." The Post added, "A
number of people at the conference
said the federal government should oversee a unified system for living
donor exchanges in the way that it currently manages the deceased donor
waiting list. The Department of Health and Human Services has long
contracted that task to a single nonprofit group, the United Network for
Organ Sharing."
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