The US Navy Academy mathematicians have derived a network analysis formula to help surgeons determine the best probability matches for any given set of donors and recipients. The aim it to increase the percentage of kidney transplants that succeed seeing that currently 1/3 of transplants are rejected by the body. The formula crunches a number of numbers and aligns the most critical patients with the best suited donors all with the aim to reduce rejection rates and provide over 1,000 more successful transplants per year. 
The
numbers in the circles represent the degree of importance that a
particular patient receives a kidney. The numbers on the lines
connecting the circles denote the quality of each match.
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Posted by: Jeremy "Kabumpo" Kemp | September 06, 2007 at 08:43 PM