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Human livers can now be stored for 27 hours

Scientists make use of a chemical cocktail that helps livers last longer.

10 Sep 2019 8:48 PM

Baby undergoes liver transplant

For paediatric liver transplant, they take the entire left lobe of the donor or its portion.

25 Oct 2018 1:23 AM

Liver transplant survival rate improving among older adults, finds research

Here is what a new study has found.

23 Oct 2018 4:00 PM

HIV-positive mother donates liver to save critically ill child in South Africa

Medication provided to child before transplant may have prevented HIV transmission, though that will only become clear over time.

04 Oct 2018 7:19 PM

J&K girl with rare liver condition gets new lease of life

Family manages part of surgery charges via social media, hospital waives off rest.

24 Jul 2018 4:35 AM

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In a first, part of liver removed with a different form of surgery in India

Conducted at a Delhi hospital, this is possibly the first case in which minimal invasive technical procedure was used for liver transplant.

16 May 2018 1:29 PM

Organs from eight-year-old save four lives

Child was admitted to Lilavati Hospital on February 27 after she suffered stroke and on evaluation it was found that she had brain aneurysm

07 Mar 2018 12:50 PM

Mother donates two organs to save son's life

Devoted mum risks own life to undergo double organ donation for four-year-old son.

20 Jan 2018 3:36 PM

Boy from Bangladesh with acute liver failure, gets new life in Delhi hospital

His condition deteriorated to such an extent that he developed coagulopathy and went into coma.

08 Nov 2017 8:37 AM

Animal protein-rich diet may risk your liver

NAFLD is a major health concern, because it can lead to permanent scarring (cirrhosis) and subsequently to cancer and liver malfunction.

21 Apr 2017 9:33 PM

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17-month-old Mumbai girl gets new lease of life

Becomes the youngest liver transplant recipient in Mumbai.

19 Apr 2017 2:08 AM

Liver transplant pioneer Dr Thomas Starzl dies at 90

Since Starzl's first successful liver transplant, thousands of lives have been saved by similar operations.

06 Mar 2017 9:40 AM

Pakistan, UAE boys get new lease of life

The condition of both the patients was serious and doctors at the hospital had found out that only liver transplant could cure them.

08 Feb 2017 4:49 AM

Woman uses Craigslist to get kidney, instead receives it from mother

Nina Saria did get a kidney in 2015 but doctors said it couldn't be used due to complications

19 Jan 2017 8:34 AM

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