Livers can stay functional for over 100 years: Research
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According to researchers from the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, and TransMedics, Andover, Massachusetts, there is a small but growing subset of livers that have been transplanted and have a cumulative age of more than 100 years. They studied these livers to identify characteristics to determine why these organs are so resilient, paving the way for considering the potential expanded use of older liver donors.
