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You Want to Put What Where?
Science Wherein doctor provides a brief primer on transplantation (which the patient might want to consider reading before lunch) When most people hear the phrase "organ transplantation," they...
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Chemical Cocktail Keeps Resurrected Heart Alive for 10 Days Outside of Body
Science The "Somah" solution could preserve organs for transplant in a state of suspended animation Staying alive on the organ transplant waiting list could get a bit easier with organs that last...
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Machine Keeps Human Liver Alive And Functioning Outside The Body For 24 Hours
Technology This could double the amount of livers available for transplant and save thousands of lives. Livers for everyone! A new machine can keep human livers warm and functioning outside the body...
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Foundation Offers $1 Million Prize For A Bioengineered Liver
Science The liver has to enable a “large mammal” to live “a normal lifestyle” for at least three months. How much is a liver worth? For someone on a waiting list for a transplant, that might be hard...
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Donated Livers Last Three Times Longer When Supercooled
Science At least rat livers do. To keep a handful of rat livers super-fresh, researchers kept them supercool—that is, stored at temperatures below the freezing point of water. The procedure was part...
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Super Teeny 3-D Printed Livers Go On Sale
Health Soon, they'll help pharmaceutical companies test new drugs. You can now buy your own, tiny, 3-D printed livers. Haven't you always wanted one? Last year, Popular Science visited the 3-D...
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