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[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Has lesser liver performance? What? Do you understand how a living transplant works? You both regrow a full liver after the procedure, because livers are so regenerative you can make a full one from less than half. This makes no sense to me.

Also she quit for 5 months after she found out she had liver failure.

[-] medgremlin@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

It takes years for a donor's remaining liver to grow back, and the recipient is unlikely to grow out more of the donated liver depending on comorbidities and severity of illness.

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