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Patient Pioneers

When Honore "Honey Rose" Rothstein took part in the first-ever five-way kidney swap at Johns Hopkins Hospital last month, she regarded it as a deeply personal event. She'd given her kidney to a stranger to honor her deceased daughter, not to seek attention. Six days later, she and her husband agreed to attend a press conference at the hospital, expecting it to be a quiet affair....
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By Jason Feifer

 
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