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21st May 2021 10:06 am 21st May 2021 10:06 am Livers could be transplanted more safely and effectively following the development of a handheld laser device that identifies liver damage in donor organs in real time. Image by Sasin Tipchai from Pixabay Currently, surgeons have no detailed or quantitative way of assessing if a liver is healthy enough to transplant into a new person. To assess if a donor’s liver is healthy and a good match, the surgeon conducts blood tests and inspects the organ by eye and feel. To improve the process, scientists and surgeons from Edinburgh University, the Edinburgh Transplant Centre and Strathclyde University used Raman spectroscopy (RS) to detect damage in pigs’ livers. In recent decades, RS has been used to detect breast, oesophageal and brain cancers. ....