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Posted: 2015-10-20T12:20:39Z | Updated: 2015-10-20T12:20:39Z

So far this year, 18,048 people (and counting) have received organ transplants . Another 122,586 people are in need of a lifesaving organ transplant, with no choice but to add their name to a waiting list and hope for a donor.

What if, instead of 122,586 people, that number was zero? Thanks to serious advancements in medical technology, that's an increasingly possible scenario. But when? Depends what technology you're referring to, and whom you ask.

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