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Research suggests livers can stay functional for over 100 years

For these centurion livers, the average donor age was significantly higher, 84.7 years compared with 38.5 years for non-centurion liver transplants. The researchers noted that for a liver to make it to 100, they expected to find an older average donor age as well as healthier donors.

Study finds anxiety cues in brain despite safe environment

The findings of the study were published in the journal 'Communications Biology'. The researchers used a virtual-reality environment where volunteers were in a meadow picking flowers. They knew that some flowers are safe, while others have a bee inside that will sting them.