According to the material, liver transplants can be performed from which type of donor?

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The key idea is who can provide the liver for transplantation. The material emphasizes that a liver transplant can come from a deceased donor, meaning the donor has died and their organs are allocated for transplantation. This is the common source for full liver transplants and fits standard practice described. Living-donor liver transplants do occur as well, but the statement here highlights the deceased-donor source. The other options don’t fit: a cosmetic purpose would never justify a transplant, and it’s incorrect to say livers from donors who are dying aren’t used for transplantation. The notion that dead-or dying-donor livers aren’t used is also inaccurate relative to how deceased-donor transplantation works.