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The liver was taken out, repaired, inserted back

14.08.2003

This is a common procedure in the repair of various machines and devices. But it was first performed by Italian doctors on a human liver, and it was performed successfully.

In December 2001, surgeons at the Hospital of St. Matthew in Pavia removed a liver with a malignant tumor from one of the patients, having previously injected a compound of the amino acid phenylalanine with boron into it. This amino acid is taken up by fast-growing cancer cells six times more than healthy cells, and boron is also taken up at the same time.

The extracted liver was washed and taken to the Institute of Nuclear Physics, where it was irradiated for 11 minutes with an intense neuron flux from a nuclear reactor, then taken back to the operating table and returned to the patient. In total, the organ was absent in its place for 35 minutes. After two or three hours, boron deposited in cancer cells began to emit neutrons, the "charge" of which he received in the reactor. Ten days later, all foci of the disease were destroyed.

Now, a year and a half after the operation, the patient feels great. The team of surgeons is going to apply a new method of treatment to three more patients.

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