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The physician shows to patient a model of the liver (Getty Images/Shidlovski)

New drug may help regenerate the liver

Satdarshan (Paul) Singh Monga - The Conversation
Cannabis and liver (Getty Images/Shidlovski)

Pot users being denied liver transplants

Troy Farah
Live donor kidney transplant (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Beware the harvest men

Brandy Schillace - Undark
Caylyn Otto stands next to her son, Oliver, at the Phoenix Children's Hospital in Phoenix on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Born nearly seven weeks early, the baby is one of the youngest heart transplant recipients at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Doctors say Oliver, who was due Feb. 20, has been doing remarkably well post-transplant. At background left is his father, Chris Crawford. (AP Photo/Terry Tang) (AP)

No cash, no heart

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
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Why scientists are transplanting brains

Yewande Pearse
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-251470p1.html'>bendao</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

pot kills

Trey Reckling - The Fresh Toast
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