Funding to help improve quality and quantity of donor limbs, tissues for transplant

(Case Western Reserve University) A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine faculty member has received $998,500 from the US Department of Defense to develop a new approach to improve the quality and quantity of limbs and tissues obtained from brain dead organ donors. Benefits also could be extended to the more standard transplanted organs (e.g. kidneys, hearts, and lungs).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news