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Jan 05, 2017 03:30 AM EST

France Implements Opt-Out Organ Donation Policy; No Need To Sign-In For Organ Donation Anymore

The opt-out organ donation policy automatically registers people for organ donation but also allows them to opt-out of it.

Jun 30, 2014 03:57 PM EDT

'Supercooled' Livers Help to Extend Preservation of Donated Organs

Keeping donated organs safe for transplantation can be a quite complicated. For instance, once an organ is cut off from oxygen, it immediately begins to deteriorate. However, cooling can typically help reduce deterioration by up to 12 hours. Now, a recent study in published in the journal Nature Med...