Link-Keeping organs alive on their own

1 Post author: polymathwannabe 22 April 2014 05:45PM

"A new medical device is keeping hearts warm and beating during transport, something that could be a major breakthrough in transplant history."

Video (the episode contains other news as well):

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/techknow/2014/04/heart-box-201442013591803545.html

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 23 April 2014 01:40:06AM *  1 point [-]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wu-awJxnv0 for video of an earlier prototype from 6 years ago, and http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/02/07/273174533/lung-in-a-box-keeps-organs-breathing-before-transplants for information on the general concept.

Comment author: Yosarian2 23 April 2014 05:42:02PM 0 points [-]

The video link didn't work for me for some reason, but I was able to watch it on their youtube channel here, in case anyone else has the same issue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhWzxCmUwus

Comment author: polymathwannabe 23 April 2014 09:06:24PM 0 points [-]

I have sometimes found that Vimeo behaves better in Firefox than in Chrome.

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