NIH-funded research project develops new method to preserve human livers for transplantation Scientists have greatly extended the amount of time human livers can be stored for transplantatio... Read more
Approximately 30,000–40,000 people die from liver disease each year, according to the American Liver Foundation. “Although the artificial liver is not yet cleared for use on humans, these fi... Read more
Donor organ allocation policy could be changed to nearly eliminate waitlist mortality for children —without additional risk to adult recipients. Split liver transplantation carries no increa... Read more
In a world first, a donated human liver has been ‘kept alive’ outside a human being and then successfully transplanted into a patient in need of a new liver. So far the procedure... Read more