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Liver Transplants Can Function For A Century - New Study

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As per research by University of Texas, there is a small growing subset of transplanted livers over 100 years old

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The average donor age for these centurion's livers is roughly 84.7 years, compared to 38.5 years for the non-centurion liver transplants

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Researchers noted that livers make it to 100 when they are expected to find an older average and a healthier donor

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Donors from the centurion group had a lower incidence of diabetes and fewer donor infections

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Centurion liver donors have lower transaminases-enzymes that play a pivotal role in the liver & higher levels can cause problems for transplantation

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The recipients of centurion's livers had significantly lower MELD scores while higher MELD score indicates urgency of a transplant

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The researchers have found that grafts in the centurion group were not lost to primary nonfunction, vascular or biliary complications

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There was no notable difference in the rate of post-transplant rejection at 12 months between the centurion and non-centurion group

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The outcome for the centurion group has significantly better allograft and patient survival

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The study authors concluded that the existence of the 100-year-old allografts reveals the dramatic resilience of the liver to senescent events

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