Montgomeryshire MP and Kidney Foundation Wales patron Glyn Davies said it was fantastic news.

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"There are growth plates at the end of the bones, " said Dr. Leslie Spry, a spokesman for the National Kidney Foundation.

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Some of the guidelines that Medicare relies on were set by a committee of the U.S. National Kidney Foundation, whose work was principally funded by Amgen.

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"There's no question that transplants not only improve the quality of life, they also improve the quantity of life, " says Dr. Brian Pereira, former president of the U.S.' National Kidney Foundation.

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Alison John, an ambassador for Kidney Wales Foundation, who has had three transplants with four organs, said she believed having a presumed consent system is the "only way forward".

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Roy J Thomas, of Kidney Wales Foundation, said despite decades of campaigns encouraging people to join the donor register, someone dies every week in Wales while waiting for a transplant.

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