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de Vries conducting a liver supercooling experiment

Health

Transplant organs can be supercooled to below zero for longer storage

A new technique cools human tissues to -4°C without forming ice crystals that damage cells, and could boost the number of organs available for transplant

News

Campaigners say organs are being taken from prisoners in China

Health

15 studies retracted due to fears they used Chinese prisoners' organs

News

transplant operation

Health

Cell injections could train the body to accept a transplanted organ

News

My liver, your kidney: The world's first non-identical organ swap

Health

My liver, your kidney: The world's first non-identical organ swap

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3D printed hearts

Exhibition previews: Visions of a better tomorrow brighten 2019

Culture

human organs

Health

Baboons live for months after getting genetically modified pig hearts

News

First baby born thanks to womb transplant from deceased donor

Health

First baby born thanks to womb transplant from deceased donor

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Faecal bacteria

Health

Faecal swaps could help stop heart transplants from being rejected

News

An opt-out organ donor system might actually lead to fewer transplants

Health

An opt-out organ donor system might actually lead to fewer transplants

News

Bio-engineered lungs are the first successful organs made in the lab

Health

Bio-engineered lungs are the first successful organs made in the lab

Pigs have been able to breathe using lungs made in the lab. This is the most successful complex organ to be bioengineered yet – but there’s one big step left

News

Health

War veteran gets world's first penis and scrotum transplant

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Health

Swollen eye is setback for blindness treatment using stem cells

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Health

Freeze-dried valves used in animal heart surgery for first time

News

Health

Restarting dead people's hearts lets doctors reuse their organs

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