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Celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to him as a teenager

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mrb · 1791066095 · focus · HN ↗
Apparently the oldest transplanted liver in humans is 108 years old: <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/transplanted-livers-can-survive-past-100-180980972/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/transplanted-liver...
1. octoberfranklin · 1791083719 · focus · HN ↗
  Yeah but livers are basically immortal. You can chop out half of your liver and it just grows back.
  1. selcuka · 1791099057 · focus · HN ↗
    They can actually transplant a single liver to two people by splitting it [1].
    > Approximately 1 in 10 donated livers can be divided into two segments or grafts (this is known as split liver). [...] By splitting the liver into two segments, the donated liver can be used to help two people waiting for a liver transplant.
    [1] <a href="https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/organ-transplantation/liver/is-a-liver-transplant-right-for-you/types-of-liver-transplant/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/organ-transplantation/liver/is-a-li...
  2. nephihaha · 1791106031 · focus · HN ↗
    Not so sure about that. A liver can take a heck of a beating, but speak to enough (recovering) alcoholics and you'll find plenty that have managed to knacker their livers.

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