CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The UC Health transplant team set another record in 2023 for the number of people they were able to save with solid organ transplants. Breakthrough technology is making many of ...

Heiko Yang, MD, PhD, from the CU Anschutz School of Medicine, received an NIH grant to study earthworm hemoglobin as a substitute for red blood cells in organ perfusion.

Perfusion describes when fluids such as blood and lymph pass through tissue. A perfusionist is a professional who operates machinery when this process requires assistance, such as during heart surgery ...

When doing open-heart surgery, the surgeon needs a still heart and lungs to work. The patient still needs oxygen circulated through the bloodstream to survive. Thus, cardiovascular perfusionists (also ...

Mario Romano, MD, PhD: One of the topics that I presented on at EURETINA was the temperature control during the vitrectomy.

If you’ve never heard of perfusionists you are not alone. Despite being a constant presence in Australian operating theatres ...

Therapeutic hypothermia of donors didn't preserve kidney function as well as machine perfusion of the organ during cold storage, a randomized trial found. Compared with kidneys pumped with a ...

No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2008 ASCO Annual Meeting. This abstract does not include a full text component.

This investment, led by Founders Fund with participation from Lux Capital and Field Ventures, brings total investment to date ...