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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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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The liver is just a growth of stuff. A lump of cells that can do its job in my shape or size. Nothing complicated about how it works. All it does is exist while blood goes through it.

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