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In a first for medical science, two livers have been successfully transplanted into patients following storage and transportation of the organs in a machine that keeps them warm and functioning. It's hoped that the machine, developed at the University of Oxford, could double the number of livers available for transplant at any given time, potentially saving thousands of lives every year... Continue Reading Human livers "kept alive" by machine transplanted successfully for first time
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In a first for medical science, two livers have been successfully transplanted into patients following storage and transportation of the organs in a machine that keeps them warm and functioning. It's hoped that the machine, developed at the University of Oxford, could double the number of livers available for transplant at any given time, potentially saving thousands of lives every year... Continue Reading Human livers "kept alive" by machine transplanted successfully for first time
Section: Health and Wellbeing
Tags: Medical, Oxford University, Surgery
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