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can you share a link, I'd like to learn more about this "organ shelf life". Very fascinating. Maybe I was mistakenly applying the sudden death of the brain with
by jxramos 5y ago
can you share a link, I'd like to learn more about this "organ shelf life". Very fascinating. Maybe I was mistakenly applying the sudden death of the brain without blood perfusion to hold likewise for every other organ. Like a heart attack when blood ceases to flow into it turns the myocardium to scar tissue. But that must not be an instant process, probably takes some time. I know temperature can keep tissues viable longer too, so that's another variable to consider.
- jxramos 5y agoThis article is pretty fascinating, never knew about so called preservation solution https://www.livescience.com/how-long-can-donated-organs-last-before-transplant.html https://www.livescience.com/how-long-can-donated-organs-last...
- Someone 5y agoThe brain doesn’t die suddenly without blood perfusion, either. If it did, heart transplants wouldn’t work at all.
- rcxdude 5y agoFor the brain it's pretty damn quick (minutes before significant damage). heart transplants rely on being able to run an artificial heart and lung machine to oxygenate and pump the blood while the heart is stopped, removed, and replaced.