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The leading form of treatment for many types of end-stage organ failure, transplantation has saved and enhanced the lives of more than 300,000 people in the United States. As the number of successful transplants increases, so does the demand for the service and donated organs. Increased need has led to a rise in living donation and organ "splitting." Living donation, transplanting all or part of an organ from a living person, has risen dramatically over the last few years. In addition, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) enacted policies to encourage more efficient use of available organs, such as "splitting" livers from deceased donors to allow two recipients to have a transplant. This is possible because livers are able to regenerate.
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