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Liver Distribution Policy, NLRB Implementation Deferred Until May 14
Read the latest on the deferred liver allocation policy rollout to May 14, 2019.
First Heart Transplant Performed 35 Years Ago
Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on a human being at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, on December 3, 1967.