Oxford team's organ-preserving device wins top innovation award
This allows organs - such as livers and kidneys - to remain functional for over 24 hours, producing bile and urine, and even repairing themselves."The fact that there are 6,500 people alive today because of those efforts is what this award recognises," Prof Coussios said.A major US transplant centre reported a drop in median liver transplant wait times from 82 to 14 days, and a reduction in waiting list mortality from 18% to 6%. Recently, the team successfully transplanted 36 kidneys in a first-in-human trial in Oxford.With over 7,500 people still on the UK transplant waiting list, the technology offers hope. "Liver and kidney transplantation are in our immediate sights," said Prof Coussios.
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