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The development of organ transplant technologies in the 1980s led to a substantial improvement in health outcomes for people whose organs had stopped functioning properly and who were in need of new organs Initially starting with kidney transplants techniques and procedures to successfully transplant livers pancreas and hearts were also developed However these organs were in short supply since rates of cadaver donations i e the donation of organs immediately following death were and continue to be low It is also difficult to find a donor who is a match for the organ donation among the family members of the recipient In response to this low supply and a high demand for organs of different kinds unethical practices in organ transplants emerged
