New substance may allow successful transplantation of 'marginal' livers

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

New research raises the possibility that the critically short supply of livers for organ donation could be expanded by treating so-called "marginal" livers with a substance that protects them from damage after being connected to recipients' blood supplies.

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