A new technique could more than triple the amount of time livers can be stored before an organ transplant, a study in rats suggests. The new strategy involves "supercooling" organs, to below freezing temperatures, but without freezing them solid. More than 120,000 patients are waiting to receive a donor organ in the United States today, and one cause of this organ shortage lies in the limitations in how long organs can be preserved — using current techniques, human organs can be preserved for only about six to 12 hours before they decay and become unusable. However, the new supercooling technique could change that. Read More http://ift.tt/1m3Ax4c
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