Seonglae ChoOrgan Transplantations
Doctors Restoring Bloodflow in Legally Dead Bodies to Retrieve Donor Organs
A new procedure called normothermic regional perfusion allows doctors to ensure that donor organs stay viable after the patient dies.
https://futurism.com/neoscope/restoring-bloodflow-dead-bodies-donor-organs
Researchers change blood type of kidney in transplant breakthrough
Researchers have successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys in a gamechanging discovery that could significantly improve the chances of patients waiting for a transplant finding a match. The development could increase the supply of kidneys available for transplant, particularly within minority ethnic groups who are less likely to find a match, scientists say.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/aug/15/researchers-change-blood-type-of-kidney-in-transplant-breakthrough
Pig Kidney Successfully Transplanted From Hog to Human
Doctors in New York City transplanted a kidney grown in a pig to a brain-dead woman in a major step forward for xenotransplantation, a process in which human organs are grown in animals and then transplanted into humans. The kidney functioned normally and processed urine for 54 hours before the woman was removed from a ventilator and died.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dgm3k/pig-kidney-successfully-transplanted-from-hog-to-human?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
