article_snippet: Say, your brother needs a kidney to save your brother life, or at least get off of dialysis, and you're willing to give your brother one of your brother.
article_snippet: But then it turns out that a kidney is not a match for your brother, and it's certain your brother body would reject his body.
article_snippet: your brother can then get on a years-long waiting list for a kidney coming from an organ donor who died.
article_snippet: Maybe that will work out -- or not, and time could run out for your brother.
article_snippet: Alternatively, you and your brother could look for another recipient-living donor couple like yourselves -- say, two more siblings, where a kidney coming from an organ donor who died isn't suited for your brother sister, the recipient.
article_snippet: But maybe a kidney coming from an organ donor who died is a match for your brother sister, and a kidney coming from an organ donor who died is a match for your brother.