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Steve Jobs Undergoes Liver Transplant

Steve Jobs Undergoes Liver Transplant

Apple CEO Steve Jobs underwent surgery for a liver transplant two months ago in Tennessee, according to a report today in the Wall Street Journal.

Jobs, 54, has been on medical leave from his post as Apple’s chief executive since the beginning of the year, forced by what was only described as a nutritional problem related to a hormone imbalance.

Industry insiders, who asked not to be quoted by name, said the illness may have been quite serious, depriving his body of the ability to digest protein properly. But, they said, he received the necessary help to overcome it.

According to today’s report, Jobs is “recovering well” and is expected to return to work “on schedule later this month.”

Messages left for Apple by ABCNews.com were not immediately returned.

Word of Jobs’ improvement coincides with Apple’s release of a third-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3GS.

The “S”, said the company, stands for Speed — the new phone will load a Web page three times faster than its predecessors.

[Thanks: http://abcnews.go.com]

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