What is the life expectency of organs?
Question
Do our organs have a life expectancy? If I died tomorrow and gave someone my liver, how long would it last for them? Could they then pass it on?
Terry, Hounslow
Answer
** Definitive **
Name: Warrick, Bracknell
Qualification:
Answer: The whole body is constantly replacing itself and the organ that takes the longest to replace itself is the liver, which takes a year. No part of us is ever more than 15 years old.