The Organ Is Still Working. But It’s Not in a Body Anymore.
Perfusion keeps a donated organ alive outside the body, giving surgeons extra time and increasing the number of transplants possible.
Perfusion keeps a donated organ alive outside the body, giving surgeons extra time and increasing the number of transplants possible.
The man continues to improve, doctors said. Organs from genetically engineered pigs one day may make dialysis obsolete.
His willingness to remove kidneys from brain-dead patients increased the organs’ viability while challenging the line between living and dead.
He developed a wide variety of procedures and devices to reattach or replace vital body parts, including the first inflatable prosthetic penis.
There is no clear path for African patients to get access to the treatments, which have multimillion-dollar price tags and are highly complex to manufacture and deliver.
Researchers said they found signs of organ rejection, which the genetically modified tissue was supposed to prevent.
The first patient to receive such an organ died after two months. “At least now I have hope,” the second recipient said before the surgery.
The first patient to receive such an organ died after two months. “At least now I have hope,” the second recipient said before the surgery.
In two experiments, researchers implanted the organs into brain-dead patients for extended periods, raising hopes for a new supply of donor organs.
In two memoirs, magazine articles and a Times essay, she recounted the joys and miseries of living as a double transplant recipient.
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