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Damaged liver repaired inside machine for three days before transplant

A damaged liver that was kept alive and repaired in a machine for three days outside the body before transplantation is functioning normally in the recipient a year later

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Pierre-Alain Clavien and Philipp Dutkowski

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Protein gel could help treat type 1 diabetes

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A microscopy image of a microgel with the protein Fas ligand on its surface

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Electric field keeps kidney cells powered up while organs are on ice

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The 3rd generation synchronization modulation electric field (SMEF) technique protected human donor kidneys from tubule injury (red arrows) and other microscopic signs of damage during cold storage.
Dr. Aizhou Wang demonstrates the enzymes delivery to an Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) system. (Credit: UHN)

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Lung with switched blood type is step towards universal donor organs

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Are genetically modified pig organs the future of transplants?

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Are genetically modified pig organs the future of transplants?

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Caption: The porcine kidneys are prepared on the backbench for transplantation into the brain-dead recipient. Left to right: Paige Porrett, M.D., Ph.D., Sara Macedon, Natalie Budd, and Jayme Locke M.D. Photo taken by Jeff Myers, UAB

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Genetically modified pig kidneys transplanted into a brain-dead person

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Watch as a pig heart is transplanted into a human for the first time

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Watch as a pig heart is transplanted into a human for the first time

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Pig heart is prepared for transplant

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How a pig heart was transplanted into a human for the first time

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New form of liver dialysis could help people with failed organ recover

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Kidney donation surgery

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Vouchers for kidney donors help family members get a transplant

A voucher scheme that rewards kidney donors in the US for their altruism by letting someone they know get a kidney in future seems to be working, with 250 people donating under the scheme since 2014

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Eardrum implants made from pig guts could fix chronic glue ear

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Lungs

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Damaged human lungs revived for transplant by connecting them to a pig

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Spleen and liver

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Turning the spleen into a liver saves mice from fatal organ damage

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Mouse embryos that are 4 per cent human are step towards spare organs

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Mouse embryos that are 4 per cent human are step towards spare organs

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