Pierre-Alain Clavien and Philipp Dutkowski during the transplantation of a liver treated in a machine Christoph Stulz, USZ
A human liver considered too damaged for transplant has been repaired inside a machine over聽 three days and successfully transplanted into a recipient. The technology could increase the number of livers available for transplant.
Human livers for transplant are in short supply. In the UK, an adult waits an average of .
鈥淧eople are dying on the waiting list,鈥 says at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
One reason for the shortage is that the livers…
