
How Martine Rothblatt Started a Company to Save Her Daughter
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The Market for Organs Doesn't Work
Martine's daughter needed lung transplant and transplants are incredibly difficult to come by in this country, particularly for children. One of the insights that she came away with was that you didn't necessarily need to get a transplant from a human. There might be a way to get transplants from other mammals that could serve the same purpose. Martine once again comes at it through a completely different channel: Why don't we just make them?
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