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Re:Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of ... by Zemke on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:18AM (#22043438)
Yes.

> The seven-day successful perfusion of poor-quality livers now allows for a wide range of strategies, e.g. repair of preexisting injury, cleaning of fat deposits in the liver or even regeneration of partial livers.

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Re:Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of ... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @11:15AM (#22046163)
I assume that this might even assist in the growth of livers (extracellular matrix, liver and circulatory tissues) from stem cells.
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