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Researchers publish ground breaking clinical trial in lung transplantation: Paradigm shift in lung preservation could increase donor organs and change practice worldwide

Researchers publish ground breaking clinical trial in lung transplantation: Paradigm shift in lung preservation could increase donor organs and change practice worldwide
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New preservation temperature extends the lifespan of donor organ outside the body

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.

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UHN Researchers publish ground breaking clini

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).

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