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Organ transplants can save lives, but unfortunately organs don’t last long in storage. Now scientists have demonstrated that an existing drug can reprogram donor hearts to last much longer outside the body, and reduce their risk of failure after transp… Continue reading Drug reprograms donor hearts for longer storage and safer transplants
A new experimental treatment could help treat end-stage liver disease – by growing tiny new livers elsewhere in the patient’s bodies. The technique, pioneered by cell therapy company LyGenesis, is due to begin human clinical trials in the next few week… Continue reading Clinical trial will have patients grow multiple mini-livers internally
Organ transplants can be life-saving, but the need to match blood types means many people are left on long waiting lists while organs go to waste. Scientists at Cambridge have now demonstrated a technique that could one day make donated organs universa… Continue reading Donor kidney blood type converted in step towards universal organs
Scientists have demonstrated a new system that can restore crucial molecular and cellular functions in pigs one hour after death. Experiments showed that some tissue damage from loss of oxygen can be reversed, which could widen the organ transplantatio… Continue reading Scientists restore vital cellular functions to pigs one hour after death
Researchers at NYU Langone Health have announced successful results from a pair of experimental pig-to-human heart transplant procedures completed on recently deceased human subjects. The volunteers were kept on mechanical ventilation for three days wh… Continue reading New pig-to-human heart transplant surgeries show signs of success
Getting an organ from donor to recipient is a race against time, with many going to waste. Now, researchers in Australia have identified new cryoprotectants that could preserve organs and tissues for much longer without damaging them.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading New cryoprotectant chemicals could preserve organs without ice damage
Matching blood types from donor to recipient is one of the major problems in organ donation. Now, a team of researchers in Canada has developed an enzyme treatment to convert donated organs to the universal O blood type, allowing them to be safely tran… Continue reading Enzyme treatment could make donor organs compatible with any patient
A major challenge when it comes to preserving tissues and organs for transplantation is preventing the buildup of ice crystals that can cause critical damage, but an emerging technology may help sidestep the whole issue. Scientists have used a promisin… Continue reading Beating heart tissue supercooled and revived for the first time
Organ transplants save lives, but complications can arise if the recipient’s immune system rejects the foreign cells. An emerging technique reduces that risk by stripping the donor cells out of the donor organ and replacing them with the recipient’s ow… Continue reading Protein bath helps “recellularize” organs for safer transplants
Imagine needing a liver transplant, and instead of waiting for a donor, a new one could be grown from your own skin cells. Scientists have now taken quite a big step towards that future, by successfully transplanting miniature human livers grown from i… Continue reading Mini human livers grown from stem cells successfully implanted in rats