61.   Experts say there is now wide agreement that hepatitis B, in and of itself, is no longer a valid reason to deny someone a liver transplant.

62.   Few surgical ordeals are as serious as a liver transplant.

63.   For Mount Sinai, the expanding scope of the investigation appeared to heighten pressure for a formal plan to improve liver transplant procedures.

64.   For people who have only hepatitis C, liver transplants are a life-saving possibility when their own organ is irrevocably damaged.

65.   For the surgical team, a liver transplant is an intense, grueling procedure.

66.   For liver transplants, most centers require that the person demonstrate abstinence for some period of time, usually from six months to a year, before the transplant.

67.   Four million Americans are thought to be infected with the virus that causes hepatitis C, and the disease is the leading reason for liver transplants.

68.   He had just struggled through a grueling liver transplant operation.

69.   He had to take large doses of steroids to negate a slight case of rejection, which doctors said occurs in approximately two-thirds of liver transplant patients.

70.   He died while awaiting a liver transplant, a Pentagon official said.