Wednesday, 8 May 2019

Pig lungs live and breathe outside the body for 36 hours in organ transplant breakthrough

Pig lungs live and breathe outside the body for 36 hours in organ transplant breakthrough

Transplanting any organ is a complicated process, but lungs are particularly vulnerable to damage. Now, researchers have developed a way to repair that damage, keeping the lungs of pigs alive outside the body for up to 36 hours and allowing them to bring the organ up to a transplantable quality.
Read more: https://newatlas.com/damaged-lung-repair-transplant/59582/?source=Snapzu

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