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Device Keeps Liver Alive Outside Body For 24 Hours

Posted by timothy on from the pure-whiskey dept.

kkleiner writes "A new device will keep a liver alive outside of the human body for up to 24 hours. Developed at Oxford, the OrganOx circulates oxygenated red bloods cells and nutrients through the liver while maintaining the proper temperature. Doctors estimate that this new technique could double the number of livers available, saving the lives of thousands who die every year awaiting transplant."

4 of 62 comments (clear)

  1. Wait a minute by WOOFYGOOFY · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the subject is a liver then in what sense is it remarkable that they're kept alive?

  2. Try the brain next by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Head in a jar, here we come!

  3. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No onions?

  4. Right tech/wrong place by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I need a device to keep my liver alive inside my body.