(The Gist of Science Reporter) Perfusion Machine to Keep Liver Alive  [MARCH-2020]

(The Gist of Science Reporter) Perfusion Machine to Keep Liver Alive

 [MARCH-2020]

Perfusion Machine to Keep Liver Alive

• Researchers at the University HospitalZurich, ETH Zurich, Wyss Zurich and the University of Zurich have developed a machine that repairs injured human livers and keeps them alive outside the body for one week.
• This invention will increase the availability of organs for transplantation, saving the lives of many patients with severe liver diseases.Till date, livers could be stored safely outside the body for only a few hours.
• However, with the new perfusion technology, livers, even the injured ones,can now be kept alive outside the body for a week.
• The basis of this technology is a complex perfusion system that mimics core body functions. The related study was published in the JournalNature Biotechnology.

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