The transplant surgeon had good news: A donated liver was on the way for critically ill Maggie Catherwood. Then he asked: Would she let doctors cut off part of her new liver to share with an equally sick baby? picked by suebe 2 years ago

After receiving a Liver Transplant, Demi-Lee Brennan (9) was healing well, but nine months later on a check up, it was found that stem cells had migrated to her bone marrow, completely re working her Blood type and immune system. picked by muppetmaker 9 months ago

When a doctor discovered that the liver he was transplanting into his two-year-old patient was too large, he deliberately inserted a ping-pong ball to keep the oversized organ from putting pressure on her arteries. picked by Wingnut 2 weeks ago

Nataline Sarkisyan, a 17-year-old from Glendale, Calif., died Thursday just a few hours after her insurer, Cigna Health Care, approved a procedure it had previously described as "too experimental". They had originally agreed to a transplant but then changed their minds when the accountants felt they knew more medicine than the doctors. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

With her mother desperately in need of a transplant, Laura Ashworth told family and friends she wanted to donate one of her kidneys.

So when the 21-year-old died after an asthma attack, it seemed that the tragedy would at least give Rachel Leake a chance of a healthy new life. picked by doggylives 6 months ago

The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki was shot to death in a brazen attack Tuesday by an organized crime chief apparently enraged that the city refused to compensate him after his car was damaged at a public works construction site, police said. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Sometime in 2004 a hamster got sick. Then it was sold from a PetSmart store. Then the woman who bought it died from a stroke. But she had contracted lymphocytic choriomeningitis from said hamster beforehand. Then her liver was donated to a guy. They guy then died several days later allegedly from the virus from the hamster.

The guy's wife is suing PetSmart for negligence. picked by moe 6 months ago

No, not made in Japan. Made of Japan, or at least made of Japanese blogs. The site taps into 150 blogs each hour, analyzes the colors and brings them together to make a shoe. What you can do then is to click on any of the elements of the shoe and see what it is and which blog it comes from.

Could be nsfw, you never know... picked by BernardBlack 3 months ago

An intelligence map released by British police has revealed crime lords are running a £40billion empire from behind bars. picked by digitalfever1 2 months ago

Best present ever. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Police in La Crosse, Wis., apologized to a woman after accidentally naming her as a potential criminal in a Crime Stoppers public service announcement. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Sulphasalazine can reverse cirrhosis of the liver. It is a 'cheap and readily available drug'. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Miniature liver will be used for drug testing experiments. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

Measuring levels of cells that originate in bone marrow could help doctors predict outcomes for liver cancer patients. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

An entire blog about trying tasting and commenting on some of the Japanese sweets.
(oh.... toasted maffy, I must try!) picked by AtlantaDelta 8 months ago

A man has been arrested in Numazu, Japan for assaulting 5 schoolgirls with coffee via drive-by spitting attacks. Complete with Japanese news report video and way cool anime graphics. Japan, y'know... picked by mitzuzake 10 months ago

The Japanese are probably the best when it comes to creating cute characters.Here is a collection of simple but fun little puzzle games made in Japan - of course, if you willing to kill a few hours! picked by wookiee 1 year ago

With her dyed-brown long hair and tight designer jeans, Shoko Tendo looks like any other stylish young Japanese woman -- until she removes her shirt to reveal her irezumi-filled back. She is the author of "Yakuza Moon," a best-selling memoir just out in English. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

A collection of Japanese signs intended to improve people's manners about smoking. picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Off the westernmost coast of Japan, is an island called "Gunkanjima" that is hardly known even to the Japanese. More in this photographic series can be found here. picked by misswinkle 10 months ago