New research hopes to dramatically enlarge organ donor pool

If you want to preserve food, you put it in the fridge, but when it comes to human organs, things get a little more complicated. Researchers at the University of Sunderland in the UK are working on new ways to preserve organs which could dramatically improve the effectiveness of the donor system. The aim is to expand the donor pool by allowing organs that would normally be unsuitable for transplantation – such as those from heart attack victims – to be preserved by rapid cooling.

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