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Researchers at Yale University say they have been able to restore blood circulation and other cellular functions in pigs a full hour after the animals' deaths, suggesting that cells don't die as quickly as scientists had assumed.
Researchers at Yale University say they have been able to restore blood circulation and other cellular functions in pigs a full hour after the animals' deaths, suggesting that cells don't
Study details The trial was conducted at six transplant facilities in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the U.K., during 2016-2020. Investigators randomized 78 adult patients to receive a machine-perfused liver and 78 to receive a liver preserved in standard static cold storage. Median age of liver donors was similar across arms at 52 in the intervention group and 49 in the control group. Men accounted for 67% and 65% of donors in the two arms, respectively, and donors in both arms had a mean body mass index of 25. In other comparative endpoints: Post-reperfusion syndrome occurred in 12% of the i...