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    This machine keeps transplant livers alive for a week

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    Christine Fisher
    Christine Fisher
    01.17.2020

    With current technology, a human liver donated for transplant can only be kept alive for 24 hours, and often, if the liver is damaged or diseased, it cannot be considered for transplant. That could soon change. Liver4Life has developed a liver perfusion machine that can preserve injured human livers for one week and can even repair damage.