Susan Mau Larson

Yeah. Thank you for that question. That's a great question. So generally it's the same, like we said, Minnesota's high 56% of people in the country. It's probably 45, maybe every state has the opportunity to register on your driver's license or state ID.

Yeah. Thank you for that question. That's a great question. So generally it's the same, like we said, Minnesota's high 56% of people in the country. It's probably 45, maybe every state has the opportunity to register on your driver's license or state ID.

What I will share is we've really been working hard to find other avenues. So anyone in the country can register online. There's opportunities to just go to the, an online website and register. Minnesota was the first state in the country to add donor registration to hunting and fishing licenses. So in Minnesota, if you're going to fish, you can register.

What I will share is we've really been working hard to find other avenues. So anyone in the country can register online. There's opportunities to just go to the, an online website and register. Minnesota was the first state in the country to add donor registration to hunting and fishing licenses. So in Minnesota, if you're going to fish, you can register.

We've worked, Nicole's worked a lot with two tribes in North Dakota, one of which was the first tribal nation to add donor registration to tribal IDs. And I will tell you in Michigan, they just added donor registration, I think to their tax forms.

We've worked, Nicole's worked a lot with two tribes in North Dakota, one of which was the first tribal nation to add donor registration to tribal IDs. And I will tell you in Michigan, they just added donor registration, I think to their tax forms.

So around the country, everybody's trying to find more ways to make registration as easy as possible. But the driver's license is the most common way.

So around the country, everybody's trying to find more ways to make registration as easy as possible. But the driver's license is the most common way.

Yeah. Thank you. I'll take that. And then Nicole can add on. And actually, I believe a heart and a kidney have been transplanted from what we call xenotransplantation. LifeSource actually doesn't do anything directly with that. So that would be transplant centers. Okay. It is a indication of how science and medicine is continuing to advance to meet the need of transplantation and.

Yeah. Thank you. I'll take that. And then Nicole can add on. And actually, I believe a heart and a kidney have been transplanted from what we call xenotransplantation. LifeSource actually doesn't do anything directly with that. So that would be transplant centers. Okay. It is a indication of how science and medicine is continuing to advance to meet the need of transplantation and.

Ironically, maybe your medical advisor knows this better than I do my understanding is that pigs are a little closer to human. genetics than, say, primates, which is what we might typically think of. So there's a lot of development. I know the University of Minnesota has looked at some of that, although they weren't the ones who did these transplants.

Ironically, maybe your medical advisor knows this better than I do my understanding is that pigs are a little closer to human. genetics than, say, primates, which is what we might typically think of. So there's a lot of development. I know the University of Minnesota has looked at some of that, although they weren't the ones who did these transplants.

So it's really exciting to see that, I think, because the need for transplant is great. And so anything we can do to help those people is important.

So it's really exciting to see that, I think, because the need for transplant is great. And so anything we can do to help those people is important.

Mm-hmm. Yes, I can. When somebody dies, in order to donate their organs, they actually need to die in a hospital on a ventilator. Because the ventilator keeps the blood and oxygen perfusing, keeps the organs healthy. That is really less than 1% of people. However... If you don't die in a hospital or don't die in a ventilator, that's when the gifts of tissue and eye donation are so important.

Mm-hmm. Yes, I can. When somebody dies, in order to donate their organs, they actually need to die in a hospital on a ventilator. Because the ventilator keeps the blood and oxygen perfusing, keeps the organs healthy. That is really less than 1% of people. However... If you don't die in a hospital or don't die in a ventilator, that's when the gifts of tissue and eye donation are so important.

And so somebody can restore sight, restore mobility for somebody in need. So those are really important gifts. And that's where Nicole talked about we can save up to 75 lives. That's through all those gifts of organ tissue and eye donation.

And so somebody can restore sight, restore mobility for somebody in need. So those are really important gifts. And that's where Nicole talked about we can save up to 75 lives. That's through all those gifts of organ tissue and eye donation.

Actually, I think that was beautifully stated, Nicole. Thank you.

Actually, I think that was beautifully stated, Nicole. Thank you.