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Transplanting Frozen Organs

Posted by michael on from the head-in-a-jar dept.

rleyton writes: "Nature and the The BBC are reporting that scientists have successfully transplanted frozen organs. This could be huge for fertility treatment, and for meeting demand for organ transplants - There aren't enough donors to meet demand."

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  1. Transplanting frozen tissue by Adrian+Voinea · · Score: 3, Informative
    Here's another interesting article that appeared in the UT Discovery Magazine regarding transplanting frozen organs:

    http://www.utexas.edu/admin/opa/discovery/disc1998 v15n1/disc-diller.html

    Quote: "A bright future surrounds bioengineering and the contributions and impact the discipline will have on life and the medical sciences."