Transplantation traffic--geography as destiny for transplant candidates.

While rule revisions to reduce geographic disparities in U.S. organ distribution are debated, some patients have taken it upon themselves to travel to areas where organs are more abundant, and some companies have been created to enable more patients to follow suit.

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