Why is it possible to perform a liver transplant using just a small part of a donor’s liver, but for other organs (kidney, heart, etc) the donor would have to donate the whole organ?
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It’s amazing that the ancient Greeks may have known about this ability of the liver growing back as its referenced in two myths. The stories of Promethus and Tityus both feature the livers being removed and regrowing.
There’s also a Babylonian story following the same theme.
Actually, looking into it, the liver has attracted a lot of attention over the ages!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6078213/
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