U.S. organ transplant system reportedly biased against Blacks

NEW YORK, April 12 (Xinhua) -- There is widespread agreement that the U.S. organ transplant system is racially inequitable, with Blacks three times as likely as Whites to suffer end-stage renal disease but much less likely to be put on the transplant wait list or to receive a kidney, reported The Washington Post early this week.

In a 2022 report, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine cited research showing that Blacks are 37 percent less likely than Whites to be referred for transplant evaluation before they need dialysis; and that Blacks wait a median of 727 days for kidneys after they are placed on the waiting list, while Whites wait a median of 374 days.