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Doctors Try Controversial Technique To Reduce Transplant Organ Shortage

Tuesday July 9, 2024. 04:00 PM , from Slashdot
A controversial organ retrieval technique is gaining traction across the U.S., promising to alleviate chronic organ shortages but also sparking intense ethical debates, NPR reports. Normothermic regional perfusion, now used by half of the nation's organ procurement organizations, restores blood flow to organs after cardiac death. Proponents argue it increases viable organ supply and improves transplant outcomes. Critics, however, question whether the procedure blurs the definition of death.

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