Organ donation: new technique can preserve human livers for a week

Week-long storage boosts time organs are usable and distances over which they can be movedHuman livers from organ donors can now be preserved for a week, researchers have revealed, a dramatic improvement on previous techniques, which could only keep the organs usable for a matter of hours.The technology could boost the number of livers available for transplantation and offer new approaches to treating diseases such asliver cancer.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Organ donation Medical research Health Society Science World news Source Type: news