title: Critical shortage. As technology improves, the transplant list gets longer--but there aren't enough organs to go around.
abstract: While improving medical technology is making transplants more successful and more people eligible, it's also contributing to a problem. There is a growing crowd of people waiting for organ transplants, and they vastly outnumber potential donors each year. "It's a zero-sum game," says Dr. J. Michael Millis, left, medical director of transplantation services at University of Chicago Medicine. "We don't have enough organs."
authors.forename: Jaimy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014850:Waiting Lists