Machine Keeps Human Liver Alive And Functioning Outside The Body For 24 Hours

This could double the amount of livers available for transplant and save thousands of lives. Livers for everyone! A new machine can keep human livers warm and functioning outside the body for 24 hours before successfully transplanting them, a team of Oxford scientists announced last week. The breakthrough could double the number of livers available for transplant. Livers are normally kept on ice to slow down their metabolism, a risky process that only buys doctors about 14 hours of time before t...