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Figure 9.1 In this heart transplant, a surgeon holds the donor heart as a colleague
prepares to connect its blood vessels to the blood vessels of the recipient.
people right now. Because human beings have two kidneys and can
function just fine with only one, kidney transplants can come from
living donors. In recent years, methods to transplant just a part of a
liver have succeeded because the liver can repair and regenerate
itself. A few hundred people each year, often children, receive a
lobe of a liver from a family member. All the other organs, however,
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