Yet with just 6,000 available organs for some 100,000 patients each year, chances of winning the liver lottery are slim. (discovermagazine.com)
The ample supply of available organs in the third world and excruciating long waiting lists in the first world make organ brokering a profitable occupation. (scientificamerican.com)
Although 17,000 people receive kidneys in the US each year, more than 400,000 are on the waiting list and rely on dialysis machines, so the shortage of available organs remains acute. (newscientist.com)