663510login-checkNew preservation temperature extends the lifespan of donor organ outside the body |
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.
Storing donor lungs for transplant at 10 degrees Celsius markedly increases the length of time the organ can live outside the body according to research led by a team of scientists at the Toronto Lung Transplant Program in the Ajmera Transplant Centre at the University Health Network (UHN).
The prospective multicenter, nonrandomized clinical trial study of 70 patients demonstrated that donor lungs remained healthy and viable for transplant up to four times longer compared to storage at the current standard of ice cooler preservation of around 4 degrees Celsius. Read more in News Medical Life Sciences.
663510login-checkNew preservation temperature extends the lifespan of donor organ outside the body |