Device keeps human liver alive outside body
In a world first, a donated human liver has been 'kept alive' outside a human being and then successfully transplanted ...
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Liver transplantation for patients with genetic liver conditions has high survival rate, study finds
Patients faced with the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease have to consider the seriousness of having a liver transplant, ...
Allowing people with HIV to be organ donors could save lives of HIV-positive patients with kidney or liver failure
If the U.S. Congress reversed its ban on allowing people with HIV to be organ donors after their death, roughly ...
New data emerges on liver transplant survival rates
Researchers compared the outcomes of cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplants for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) versus alcoholic liver disease (ETOH) ...