{"id":6750,"date":"2023-05-21T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=6750"},"modified":"2023-05-17T07:13:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:13:59","slug":"a-small-shift-in-temperature-could-have-a-big-effect-on-how-lung-transplants-are-performed-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/05\/21\/a-small-shift-in-temperature-could-have-a-big-effect-on-how-lung-transplants-are-performed-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"A small shift in temperature could have a big effect on how lung transplants are performed worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6750\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>By Avis Favaro<br>TORONTO &#8211;\u00a0Canadian transplant scientists say they may be able to help boost the number of lungs available for transplants, all with a simple tweak of temperature.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;ve been conducting studies that show that storing lungs at 10 C, warmer than the current standard of 4 C, is better for lungs harvested for transplant.\u00a0They&#8217;ve also created a world-first cooler that they say stays at 10 C, boosting the shelf life of a donor\u2019s lungs from six hours to up to 36 hours, and perhaps longer.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/health\/a-small-shift-in-temperature-could-have-a-big-effect-on-how-lung-transplants-are-performed-worldwide-1.6344071\"> Read more in CTV News.<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6750\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading By Avis FavaroTORONTO &#8211;\u00a0Canadian transplant scientists say they may be able to help boost the number of lungs available for transplants, all with a simple tweak of temperature.\u00a0 They&#8217;ve &hellip; 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