The AP went behind the scenes for six weeks as a Georgetown University Hospital team put together what turned into a record-setting 13-way kidney exchange. Documenting the complex logistics provided an opportunity to go beyond the operating room drama of a swap and explore the increasing problem of highly sensitized patients, people who never would qualify for a traditional transplant, as well as racial and ethnic disparities in kidney transplants.
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