1.   Kelly, of Gainsborough Avenue, Maghull, was given a new liver in an operation at Kings College Hospital a week ago.

2.   Although tests show that his body is accepting his new liver, Mantle will have to continue taking drugs for the rest of his life.

3.   And it was very plain that Dupuy would certainly die without a new liver.

4.   And were the doctors eager to give Mantle a new liver as much to enhance the reputation of their institution as to help him?

5.   Baseball hero Mickey Mantle left the hospital after receiving a new liver, transplanted after he nearly drank himself to death.

6.   A month, maybe two, and Klug would have a new liver.

7.   A transplant specialist said in August that Ray would die within six months if he did not receive a new liver.

8.   But doctors have been reluctant to offer liver transplants to people with hepatitis for fear that their new liver will also become infected.

9.   But many doctors performing these transplants say they have no qualms about giving highly motivated alcoholics a chance at a new liver.

10.   By then, they said, the vessels to his new liver had already been attached, so they had no choice but to proceed.