Link-Keeping organs alive on their own
post by polymathwannabe · 2014-04-22T17:45:05.817Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 4 comments"A new medical device is keeping hearts warm and beating during transport, something that could be a major breakthrough in transplant history."
Video (the episode contains other news as well):
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/techknow/2014/04/heart-box-201442013591803545.html
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comment by [deleted] · 2014-04-23T01:40:06.165Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wu-awJxnv0 for video of an earlier prototype from 6 years ago, and http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/02/07/273174533/lung-in-a-box-keeps-organs-breathing-before-transplants for information on the general concept.
comment by Yosarian2 · 2014-04-23T17:42:02.082Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
The video link didn't work for me for some reason, but I was able to watch it on their youtube channel here, in case anyone else has the same issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhWzxCmUwus
Replies from: polymathwannabe↑ comment by polymathwannabe · 2014-04-23T21:06:24.130Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I have sometimes found that Vimeo behaves better in Firefox than in Chrome.
comment by shminux · 2014-04-22T21:23:22.795Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Primary source: http://transplants.ucla.edu/