Doctors took a step towards a possible solution to the chronic organ shortage
transplant
“The physicians taking care of him believe his heart function is excellent”
The tech could eventually be used to grow organs for transplant
Moazami’s team mimicked how heart transplants routinely are done
The brain-organ connection is complex. Here’s what surgeons look for before, during and after a transplantation
He had been deemed ineligible for a human transplant, a decision that is often taken by doctors when the patient is in very poor health
Hard choices...
"Within ten years we won't see any more heart transplants: An analysis written in 2017. How closer to this objective are we?
“What I saw in his lungs was something I’ve never seen before...and I’ve been doing lung transplants for 20 years”
Operation performed on corpse