Research Gives New Hope to Transplant Patients ; Stock of Donor Organs to Rise

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RESEARCH at a North East university could help save lives by significantly expanding the number of organs available for transplants. As the demand for organ transplants continues to outstrip supply, a team of scientists from Sunderland University say they may have found a way to increase the donor pool.

A potential source of organs is from donors who have suffered heart attacks. In such cases organs are starved of oxygen and the damage that can occur makes them unsuitable for transplantation.

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Research Gives New Hope to Transplant Patients ; Stock of Donor Organs to Rise

But work to preserve those organs is taking place at Sunderland where research has shown that by rapidly cooling the kidneys the damage to...

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