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How live liver transplants could save thousands of lives

  • Written by Abhi Humar, Chief, Transplantation Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
Jarrius Robertson, a liver transplant survivor, runs the football at the Jan. 27, 2018 Pro Bowl practice in Kissimmee, Florida.AP Photo/Gregory Payan

The success of liver transplantation represents one of the great miracles of modern medicine. Essentially an experimental procedure 35 years ago, it now represents the only definitive method to cure...

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