Researchers have restored circulation and some cellular function in the organs of pigs a full hour after they died.
reports. If extended to deceased humans, the advance could help extend the window in which viable organs could be harvested from donors and transplanted.
To conduct the work, scientists pumped a blood substitute throughout the animals’ bodies after cardiac death using a system called OrganEx, a device similar to those that take over the function of a patient’s heart and lungs during surgery. The blood substitute contained the pig’s blood and 13 other compounds that helped promote cellular health and suppress inflammation.
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