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New techniques aim to preserve organs for days or longer

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Researchers are developing advanced methods to preserve organs outside the body, aiming to overcome the critical time limitations that hinder transplantation. Techniques include supercooling organs to sub-zero temperatures without ice formation, cryopreservation for long-term storage, and machine perfusion systems that continuously supply nutrients. These innovations hold the potential to create organ banks, significantly improving the availability and matching of donor organs for recipients. AI

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New techniques aim to preserve organs for days or longer

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  1. MIT Technology Review TIER_1 English(EN) · Jessica Hamzelou ·

    The quest to keep organs alive outside the body

    This week, I covered a fascinating effort to preserve organs outside the body. There’s a huge shortage of donor organs, and one of the main reasons is time—they survive only a matter of hours outside the body, even when they’re kept on ice. Doctors dream of organ banks—stores of …

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