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Researchers successfully stored pig kidneys frozen for more than a year, then thawed and transplanted them with full function restored. The breakthrough could eliminate desperate timing constraints that keep over 100,000 Americans waiting for life-saving organ transplants.
Texas researchers discovered how to prevent organs from breaking during ultra-cold preservation, bringing us closer to banking organs for future transplants. The breakthrough could save thousands of lives waiting for donor matches.
German researchers successfully restored brain function in mouse tissue after freezing it at -320°F for up to a week. The breakthrough could one day protect injured brains and preserve donor organs.
German researchers successfully froze and thawed mouse brains while preserving their ability to form memories and fire neurons. This breakthrough brings science one step closer to protecting human brains during injury and disease.
German researchers successfully froze mouse brains, stored them for up to a week, then thawed them with neurons firing and memory pathways working. The breakthrough brings science fiction closer to reality and could one day help preserve brains during injury or disease.