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		JulianMorrison on Jan 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outs... I wonder if they could just break the liver up into pieces, junk the 4/10 pieces that went oogy, keep and merge the rest?

cstejerean on Jan 14, 2020 [–]

Apparently at least 25% of the liver is needed to regenerate into a whole liver. So at most you could break it up into 4 pieces (or maybe 3 to be on the safe side).

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