Medical breakthrough in organ resuscitation opens doors for advanced healthcare tech.
The successful resuscitation and transplantation of a 'dead' heart represents a significant advancement in medical science. This breakthrough creates opportunities in medical technology (e.g., advanced organ preservation devices, resuscitation equipment), biotechnology (e.g., therapies to improve organ viability), specialized healthcare services (e.g., advanced transplant centers), and logistics for time-critical organ transport. Investment in related R&D and training for healthcare professionals will be vital.
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Surgeons at Duke University have resuscitated a 'dead' heart on the operating table after it stopped beating for more than five minutes. The organ was later transplanted into the chest of a t
Posted by u/sciencealert•07/22/2025
Top Comments
u/NoXion604
People who dog on Reddit while continuing to post here are fascinating to me. When I got sick of Facebook and Twitter, I didn't hang around. I fucked off and found something more fun to do wi
u/littleessi
of course, but educated readers should know their own limits. i definitely understand more eg physics than medicine so one type of paper is obviously more useful to me than the other.
i just
u/SnowceanJay
Thanks. To me death equaling brain death is such a clear cut that I didn’t think better before asking, but I see how some people could think otherwise.
u/[deleted]
[deleted]
u/LongBeakedSnipe
> manuscripts
'Manuscript' in scientific research refers to an article that is in the writing/editing/proofing prepublish stage. They submit a manuscript, and the publishers publish an a
u/what_the_helicopter
I watched an episode of this on Grey's Anatomy, I think.
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
Sort of. But those papers are written assuming you have some degree of knowledge within a very specific niche. Authors don’t write them with the intent of specifically having the general publ
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
There are plenty of great articles posted here. If you read my comment you will see the issue is more with the way they are posted and people who comment - ie the lack of actual discourse
u/the_manzino
The links to these papers are in the article, in this case. But in fact, these links are usually included at the bottom of these types of articles for those interested in reading the actual m
u/ZehGentleman
Yeah but that solves a problem so Im sure it won't get funded.
u/terminbee
Every single time a population study is posted: "Did they control for wealth? Did you know wealth is correlated with health?"
u/CelestialEdward
Yes you were wildly off base. 6-8 weeks after conception, when this fetal tissue was harvested, the nervous system is a barely organised tube. The tissue was dissociated into cells and suspen
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
I mean I don’t disagree with you at all. As you said, good reading habits and staying informed are important. I 100% agree. But a legitimately huge chunk of this sub will never even click on
u/the_manzino
The links to these papers are in the article, in this case. But in fact, these links are usually included at the bottom of these types of articles for those interested in reading the actual m
u/terminbee
Every single time a population study is posted: "Did they control for wealth? Did you know wealth is correlated with health?"
u/SnowceanJay
Genuinely asking, what is ethically murky here?
u/CelestialEdward
Yes you were wildly off base. 6-8 weeks after conception, when this fetal tissue was harvested, the nervous system is a barely organised tube. The tissue was dissociated into cells and suspen
u/JJAsond
r/spaceporn has the "in my backyard" problem
u/Hot-Significance7699
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1435882/
Well, we did fetal midbrain tissue transplantation back in the 90s to treat mptp exposure, which kills dopaminergic neurons emulating parkinsons. Thi
u/ElonsFetalAlcoholSyn
r/spaceporn
u/RigorousBastard
In the USA, a bachelor's degree in a subject is sufficient to read articles in your field in Science or Nature. It happens sometime in your senior year. The first articles you manage to compr
u/ElonsFetalAlcoholSyn
r/spaceporn
u/Glittering_Cow945
Five minutes without blood flow, while fatal for many brain cells, is not a problem for muscle cells.
u/F-Lambda
>Is it really right to call someone fully dead if their organs can still be revived like that?
presumably, their heart wasn't the organ that was failing
u/JJAsond
>This sub is dogshit
I mean it's got over 34 million people in it. Every single large sub is dogshit sans /r/astrophotography which heavily moderates itself and it's amazing.
u/booksandplantsand
Super cool! This, along with liver and kidney pumps, could really open up the possibilities with the existing pool of donors. I’ve heard and seen anecdotally that in the past few years, organ
u/NoXion604
People who dog on Reddit while continuing to post here are fascinating to me. When I got sick of Facebook and Twitter, I didn't hang around. I fucked off and found something more fun to do wi
u/thoawaydatrash
As I understand it, a lot of organs are perfectly viable for a pretty decent amount of time, even several hours after death, except for the brain which, with very few exceptions, is basically
u/terminbee
Every single time a population study is posted: "Did they control for wealth? Did you know wealth is correlated with health?"
u/what_the_helicopter
I watched an episode of this on Grey's Anatomy, I think.
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
There are plenty of great articles posted here. If you read my comment you will see the issue is more with the way they are posted and people who comment - ie the lack of actual discourse
u/SnowceanJay
Thanks. To me death equaling brain death is such a clear cut that I didn’t think better before asking, but I see how some people could think otherwise.
u/bilyl
/r/labrats and /r/medicine are pretty good
u/littleessi
surely most people with a degree can read papers, even in wildly disparate fields, in a reasonable time and get plenty out of them
u/anynamesleft
>This sub is dogshit
Yet here you are, in the very sub you revile.
u/NoXion604
I'm assuming that if there was a viable way of getting that heart working again *in vivo*, then it would be done. Or failing that, the patient is terminal for reasons other than heart failure
u/NoXion604
People who dog on Reddit while continuing to post here are fascinating to me. When I got sick of Facebook and Twitter, I didn't hang around. I fucked off and found something more fun to do wi
u/JJAsond
r/spaceporn has the "in my backyard" problem
u/lurpeli
I think what surprises me most is that this is news. I'd have assumed many organs can survive for quite some time without blood flow. The brain is the only one I assumed had a time limit and
u/CelestialEdward
“Pieces of the brain” have never been transplanted. What are you talking about
u/lurpeli
I think what surprises me most is that this is news. I'd have assumed many organs can survive for quite some time without blood flow. The brain is the only one I assumed had a time limit and
u/booksandplantsand
I actually don’t know much about this! I did find a recent systemic review about DCD and DBD hearts and outcomes, and it looks like DCD hearts may have higher rates of primary graft rejection
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
There’s not a more active alternative. The posters don’t link the actual paper. And the commenters argue about things and ask questions about the paper without even reading it, which is often
u/bilyl
/r/labrats and /r/medicine are pretty good
u/ElonsFetalAlcoholSyn
r/spaceporn
u/Glittering_Cow945
Five minutes without blood flow, while fatal for many brain cells, is not a problem for muscle cells.
u/RigorousBastard
In the USA, a bachelor's degree in a subject is sufficient to read articles in your field in Science or Nature. It happens sometime in your senior year. The first articles you manage to compr
u/thoawaydatrash
As I understand it, a lot of organs are perfectly viable for a pretty decent amount of time, even several hours after death, except for the brain which, with very few exceptions, is basically
u/critacle
Meanwhile, clickbait submitters remain unscathed
u/littleessi
of course, but educated readers should know their own limits. i definitely understand more eg physics than medicine so one type of paper is obviously more useful to me than the other.
i just
u/RigorousBastard
D'accord
I also want to point out that regular reading exposes gaps in your knowledge-- I could use more statistics education, but I don't have the time to pursue that.
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
There’s not a more active alternative. The posters don’t link the actual paper. And the commenters argue about things and ask questions about the paper without even reading it, which is often
u/TopSloth
But that makes too much sense!
u/thoawaydatrash
As I understand it, a lot of organs are perfectly viable for a pretty decent amount of time, even several hours after death, except for the brain which, with very few exceptions, is basically
u/NoXion604
I'm assuming that if there was a viable way of getting that heart working again *in vivo*, then it would be done. Or failing that, the patient is terminal for reasons other than heart failure
u/NoXion604
I'm assuming that if there was a viable way of getting that heart working again *in vivo*, then it would be done. Or failing that, the patient is terminal for reasons other than heart failure
u/JJAsond
r/spaceporn has the "in my backyard" problem
u/[deleted]
[deleted]
u/JJAsond
>This sub is dogshit
I mean it's got over 34 million people in it. Every single large sub is dogshit sans /r/astrophotography which heavily moderates itself and it's amazing.
u/Puzzled_Cream1798
Had to check cell death times caused by hypoxia, the brain is indeed more sensitive
Brain
10–15 minutes Cell death (necrosis/apoptosis) begins; infarct forming
Heart
~20 minutes
Irrevers
u/[deleted]
[deleted]
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
There’s not a more active alternative. The posters don’t link the actual paper. And the commenters argue about things and ask questions about the paper without even reading it, which is often
u/DesperatePaperWriter
From what I’ve seen in donation with brain death, they actually do a thing called circulatory death. Where they clamp the major blood vessels because although the heart is beating, you can’t
u/littleessi
surely most people with a degree can read papers, even in wildly disparate fields, in a reasonable time and get plenty out of them
u/patricksaurus
Direct links to papers so you don’t have to read secondhand moral equivocating when you’re in a science subreddit:
[On-Table Reanimation of a Pediatric Heart from Donation after Circulatory
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
I mean I don’t disagree with you at all. As you said, good reading habits and staying informed are important. I 100% agree. But a legitimately huge chunk of this sub will never even click on
u/Puzzled_Cream1798
Had to check cell death times caused by hypoxia, the brain is indeed more sensitive
Brain
10–15 minutes Cell death (necrosis/apoptosis) begins; infarct forming
Heart
~20 minutes
Irrevers
u/CelestialEdward
“Pieces of the brain” have never been transplanted. What are you talking about
u/what_the_helicopter
I watched an episode of this on Grey's Anatomy, I think.
u/QuestGiver
Just going to pop in that anything deceased being transplanted still has a massively higher complication rate compared to live donor of a "fresh organ".
u/patricksaurus
Direct links to papers so you don’t have to read secondhand moral equivocating when you’re in a science subreddit:
[On-Table Reanimation of a Pediatric Heart from Donation after Circulatory
u/SnowceanJay
Genuinely asking, what is ethically murky here?
u/littleessi
surely most people with a degree can read papers, even in wildly disparate fields, in a reasonable time and get plenty out of them
u/patricksaurus
Direct links to papers so you don’t have to read secondhand moral equivocating when you’re in a science subreddit:
[On-Table Reanimation of a Pediatric Heart from Donation after Circulatory
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
I mean I don’t disagree with you at all. As you said, good reading habits and staying informed are important. I 100% agree. But a legitimately huge chunk of this sub will never even click on
u/[deleted]
[deleted]
u/the_manzino
The links to these papers are in the article, in this case. But in fact, these links are usually included at the bottom of these types of articles for those interested in reading the actual m
u/Puzzled_Cream1798
Had to check cell death times caused by hypoxia, the brain is indeed more sensitive
Brain
10–15 minutes Cell death (necrosis/apoptosis) begins; infarct forming
Heart
~20 minutes
Irrevers
u/littleessi
of course, but educated readers should know their own limits. i definitely understand more eg physics than medicine so one type of paper is obviously more useful to me than the other.
i just
u/JJAsond
>This sub is dogshit
I mean it's got over 34 million people in it. Every single large sub is dogshit sans /r/astrophotography which heavily moderates itself and it's amazing.
u/thoawaydatrash
As I understand it, a lot of organs are perfectly viable for a pretty decent amount of time, even several hours after death, except for the brain which, with very few exceptions, is basically
u/Tzchmo
It is a little funny that the top comment thread is a squabble about what is posted and how people comment and not the content of the article. It really is just confirming what you stated, b
u/ZehGentleman
Yeah but that solves a problem so Im sure it won't get funded.
u/F-Lambda
>Is it really right to call someone fully dead if their organs can still be revived like that?
presumably, their heart wasn't the organ that was failing
u/terminbee
Every single time a population study is posted: "Did they control for wealth? Did you know wealth is correlated with health?"
u/critacle
Meanwhile, clickbait submitters remain unscathed
u/littleessi
surely most people with a degree can read papers, even in wildly disparate fields, in a reasonable time and get plenty out of them
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
I mean I don’t disagree with you at all. As you said, good reading habits and staying informed are important. I 100% agree. But a legitimately huge chunk of this sub will never even click on
u/the_manzino
The links to these papers are in the article, in this case. But in fact, these links are usually included at the bottom of these types of articles for those interested in reading the actual m
u/anynamesleft
>This sub is dogshit
Yet here you are, in the very sub you revile.
u/lurpeli
I think what surprises me most is that this is news. I'd have assumed many organs can survive for quite some time without blood flow. The brain is the only one I assumed had a time limit and
u/the_manzino
The links to these papers are in the article, in this case. But in fact, these links are usually included at the bottom of these types of articles for those interested in reading the actual m
u/critacle
Meanwhile, clickbait submitters remain unscathed
u/uno_zapdos_tres
You’re both right
u/LongBeakedSnipe
> manuscripts
'Manuscript' in scientific research refers to an article that is in the writing/editing/proofing prepublish stage. They submit a manuscript, and the publishers publish an a
u/Puzzled_Cream1798
Had to check cell death times caused by hypoxia, the brain is indeed more sensitive
Brain
10–15 minutes Cell death (necrosis/apoptosis) begins; infarct forming
Heart
~20 minutes
Irrevers
u/Hot-Significance7699
Although pieces of the brain can be transplanted into humans for disorders like parkinsons Although the results are mixed. I think we are moving to stem cells now.
Edit: I clarified what I
u/DesperatePaperWriter
From what I’ve seen in donation with brain death, they actually do a thing called circulatory death. Where they clamp the major blood vessels because although the heart is beating, you can’t
u/uno_zapdos_tres
You’re both right
u/F-Lambda
>Is it really right to call someone fully dead if their organs can still be revived like that?
presumably, their heart wasn't the organ that was failing
u/LongBeakedSnipe
> manuscripts
'Manuscript' in scientific research refers to an article that is in the writing/editing/proofing prepublish stage. They submit a manuscript, and the publishers publish an a
u/Hot-Significance7699
Although pieces of the brain can be transplanted into humans for disorders like parkinsons Although the results are mixed. I think we are moving to stem cells now.
u/TopSloth
But that makes too much sense!
u/QuestGiver
Just going to pop in that anything deceased being transplanted still has a massively higher complication rate compared to live donor of a "fresh organ".
u/thoawaydatrash
As I understand it, a lot of organs are perfectly viable for a pretty decent amount of time, even several hours after death, except for the brain which, with very few exceptions, is basically
u/[deleted]
[deleted]
u/SnowceanJay
Thanks. To me death equaling brain death is such a clear cut that I didn’t think better before asking, but I see how some people could think otherwise.
u/RigorousBastard
In the USA, a bachelor's degree in a subject is sufficient to read articles in your field in Science or Nature. It happens sometime in your senior year. The first articles you manage to compr
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
There’s not a more active alternative. The posters don’t link the actual paper. And the commenters argue about things and ask questions about the paper without even reading it, which is often
u/uno_zapdos_tres
You’re both right
u/Hot-Significance7699
Although pieces of the brain can be transplanted into humans for disorders like parkinsons Although the results are mixed. I think we are moving to stem cells now.
Edit: I clarified what I
u/the_manzino
Yes, thank you. In this case, I meant published articles specifically, though sometimes these popular science pieces do choose to discuss pre-print manuscripts that are posted publicly and th
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
You overestimate the scientific/medical background of the majority of people who frequent this sub. I’d wager most are just laypeople interested in scientific studies/advancements who wouldn’
u/Amkhoun
Is there a way to view the articles without paying?
I know I am likely missing something, but I only seem to be able to access the summaries for each paper.
The summaries were quite int
u/SnowceanJay
Genuinely asking, what is ethically murky here?
u/patricksaurus
Direct links to papers so you don’t have to read secondhand moral equivocating when you’re in a science subreddit:
[On-Table Reanimation of a Pediatric Heart from Donation after Circulatory
u/RigorousBastard
In the USA, a bachelor's degree in a subject is sufficient to read articles in your field in Science or Nature. It happens sometime in your senior year. The first articles you manage to compr
u/the_manzino
Yes, thank you. In this case, I meant published articles specifically, though sometimes these popular science pieces do choose to discuss pre-print manuscripts that are posted publicly and th
u/bilyl
/r/labrats and /r/medicine are pretty good
u/JJAsond
r/spaceporn has the "in my backyard" problem
u/Amkhoun
Is there a way to view the articles without paying?
I know I am likely missing something, but I only seem to be able to access the summaries for each paper.
The summaries were quite int
u/TopSloth
But that makes too much sense!
u/NoXion604
People who dog on Reddit while continuing to post here are fascinating to me. When I got sick of Facebook and Twitter, I didn't hang around. I fucked off and found something more fun to do wi
u/what_the_helicopter
I watched an episode of this on Grey's Anatomy, I think.
u/anynamesleft
>This sub is dogshit
Yet here you are, in the very sub you revile.
u/[deleted]
[deleted]
u/the_manzino
Yes, thank you. In this case, I meant published articles specifically, though sometimes these popular science pieces do choose to discuss pre-print manuscripts that are posted publicly and th
u/ZehGentleman
Yeah but that solves a problem so Im sure it won't get funded.
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
You overestimate the scientific/medical background of the majority of people who frequent this sub. I’d wager most are just laypeople interested in scientific studies/advancements who wouldn’
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
Sort of. But those papers are written assuming you have some degree of knowledge within a very specific niche. Authors don’t write them with the intent of specifically having the general publ
u/ZehGentleman
Yeah but that solves a problem so Im sure it won't get funded.
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
Sort of. But those papers are written assuming you have some degree of knowledge within a very specific niche. Authors don’t write them with the intent of specifically having the general publ
u/DesperatePaperWriter
From what I’ve seen in donation with brain death, they actually do a thing called circulatory death. Where they clamp the major blood vessels because although the heart is beating, you can’t
u/booksandplantsand
I actually don’t know much about this! I did find a recent systemic review about DCD and DBD hearts and outcomes, and it looks like DCD hearts may have higher rates of primary graft rejection
u/littleessi
of course, but educated readers should know their own limits. i definitely understand more eg physics than medicine so one type of paper is obviously more useful to me than the other.
i just
u/Glittering_Cow945
Five minutes without blood flow, while fatal for many brain cells, is not a problem for muscle cells.
u/CelestialEdward
“Pieces of the brain” have never been transplanted. What are you talking about
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
You overestimate the scientific/medical background of the majority of people who frequent this sub. I’d wager most are just laypeople interested in scientific studies/advancements who wouldn’
u/gadimus
It's handy for the people interested. If you think the sub is dogshit then I think you should leave.
u/the_manzino
Yes, thank you. In this case, I meant published articles specifically, though sometimes these popular science pieces do choose to discuss pre-print manuscripts that are posted publicly and th
u/JJAsond
>This sub is dogshit
I mean it's got over 34 million people in it. Every single large sub is dogshit sans /r/astrophotography which heavily moderates itself and it's amazing.
u/Hot-Significance7699
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1435882/
Well, we did fetal midbrain tissue transplantation back in the 90s to treat mptp exposure, which kills dopaminergic neurons emulating parkinsons. Thi
u/booksandplantsand
Super cool! This, along with liver and kidney pumps, could really open up the possibilities with the existing pool of donors. I’ve heard and seen anecdotally that in the past few years, organ
u/gadimus
It's handy for the people interested. If you think the sub is dogshit then I think you should leave.
u/lurpeli
I think what surprises me most is that this is news. I'd have assumed many organs can survive for quite some time without blood flow. The brain is the only one I assumed had a time limit and
u/RigorousBastard
D'accord
I also want to point out that regular reading exposes gaps in your knowledge-- I could use more statistics education, but I don't have the time to pursue that.
u/anynamesleft
>This sub is dogshit
Yet here you are, in the very sub you revile.
u/SnowceanJay
Thanks. To me death equaling brain death is such a clear cut that I didn’t think better before asking, but I see how some people could think otherwise.
u/bilyl
/r/labrats and /r/medicine are pretty good
u/Tzchmo
It is a little funny that the top comment thread is a squabble about what is posted and how people comment and not the content of the article. It really is just confirming what you stated, b
u/booksandplantsand
Super cool! This, along with liver and kidney pumps, could really open up the possibilities with the existing pool of donors. I’ve heard and seen anecdotally that in the past few years, organ
u/RigorousBastard
D'accord
I also want to point out that regular reading exposes gaps in your knowledge-- I could use more statistics education, but I don't have the time to pursue that.
u/patricksaurus
Direct links to papers so you don’t have to read secondhand moral equivocating when you’re in a science subreddit:
[On-Table Reanimation of a Pediatric Heart from Donation after Circulatory
u/booksandplantsand
I actually don’t know much about this! I did find a recent systemic review about DCD and DBD hearts and outcomes, and it looks like DCD hearts may have higher rates of primary graft rejection
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
Sort of. But those papers are written assuming you have some degree of knowledge within a very specific niche. Authors don’t write them with the intent of specifically having the general publ
u/uno_zapdos_tres
You’re both right
u/booksandplantsand
Super cool! This, along with liver and kidney pumps, could really open up the possibilities with the existing pool of donors. I’ve heard and seen anecdotally that in the past few years, organ
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
There are plenty of great articles posted here. If you read my comment you will see the issue is more with the way they are posted and people who comment - ie the lack of actual discourse
u/bilyl
/r/labrats and /r/medicine are pretty good
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
There are plenty of great articles posted here. If you read my comment you will see the issue is more with the way they are posted and people who comment - ie the lack of actual discourse
u/SnowceanJay
Genuinely asking, what is ethically murky here?
u/Amkhoun
Is there a way to view the articles without paying?
I know I am likely missing something, but I only seem to be able to access the summaries for each paper.
The summaries were quite int
u/Hot-Significance7699
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1435882/
Well, we did fetal midbrain tissue transplantation back in the 90s to treat mptp exposure, which kills dopaminergic neurons emulating parkinsons. Thi
u/DesperatePaperWriter
From what I’ve seen in donation with brain death, they actually do a thing called circulatory death. Where they clamp the major blood vessels because although the heart is beating, you can’t
u/uno_zapdos_tres
You’re both right
u/Hot-Significance7699
Although pieces of the brain can be transplanted into humans for disorders like parkinsons Although the results are mixed. I think we are moving to stem cells now.
Edit: I clarified what I
u/[deleted]
[deleted]
u/Hot-Significance7699
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1435882/
Well, we did fetal midbrain tissue transplantation back in the 90s to treat mptp exposure, which kills dopaminergic neurons emulating parkinsons. Thi
u/CelestialEdward
Yes you were wildly off base. 6-8 weeks after conception, when this fetal tissue was harvested, the nervous system is a barely organised tube. The tissue was dissociated into cells and suspen
u/Glittering_Cow945
Five minutes without blood flow, while fatal for many brain cells, is not a problem for muscle cells.
u/LongBeakedSnipe
> manuscripts
'Manuscript' in scientific research refers to an article that is in the writing/editing/proofing prepublish stage. They submit a manuscript, and the publishers publish an a
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
You overestimate the scientific/medical background of the majority of people who frequent this sub. I’d wager most are just laypeople interested in scientific studies/advancements who wouldn’
u/critacle
Meanwhile, clickbait submitters remain unscathed
u/CelestialEdward
Yes you were wildly off base. 6-8 weeks after conception, when this fetal tissue was harvested, the nervous system is a barely organised tube. The tissue was dissociated into cells and suspen
u/ZehGentleman
Yeah but that solves a problem so Im sure it won't get funded.
u/what_the_helicopter
I watched an episode of this on Grey's Anatomy, I think.
u/Amkhoun
Is there a way to view the articles without paying?
I know I am likely missing something, but I only seem to be able to access the summaries for each paper.
The summaries were quite int
u/gadimus
It's handy for the people interested. If you think the sub is dogshit then I think you should leave.
u/TopSloth
But that makes too much sense!
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
There’s not a more active alternative. The posters don’t link the actual paper. And the commenters argue about things and ask questions about the paper without even reading it, which is often
u/booksandplantsand
Super cool! This, along with liver and kidney pumps, could really open up the possibilities with the existing pool of donors. I’ve heard and seen anecdotally that in the past few years, organ
u/[deleted]
[deleted]
u/Tzchmo
It is a little funny that the top comment thread is a squabble about what is posted and how people comment and not the content of the article. It really is just confirming what you stated, b
u/gadimus
It's handy for the people interested. If you think the sub is dogshit then I think you should leave.
u/Tzchmo
It is a little funny that the top comment thread is a squabble about what is posted and how people comment and not the content of the article. It really is just confirming what you stated, b
u/RigorousBastard
D'accord
I also want to point out that regular reading exposes gaps in your knowledge-- I could use more statistics education, but I don't have the time to pursue that.
u/QuestGiver
Just going to pop in that anything deceased being transplanted still has a massively higher complication rate compared to live donor of a "fresh organ".
u/Hot-Significance7699
Although pieces of the brain can be transplanted into humans for disorders like parkinsons Although the results are mixed. I think we are moving to stem cells now.
Edit: I clarified what I
u/NoXion604
I'm assuming that if there was a viable way of getting that heart working again *in vivo*, then it would be done. Or failing that, the patient is terminal for reasons other than heart failure
u/ElonsFetalAlcoholSyn
r/spaceporn
u/F-Lambda
>Is it really right to call someone fully dead if their organs can still be revived like that?
presumably, their heart wasn't the organ that was failing
u/CelestialEdward
“Pieces of the brain” have never been transplanted. What are you talking about
u/gadimus
It's handy for the people interested. If you think the sub is dogshit then I think you should leave.
u/DesperatePaperWriter
From what I’ve seen in donation with brain death, they actually do a thing called circulatory death. Where they clamp the major blood vessels because although the heart is beating, you can’t
u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc
You overestimate the scientific/medical background of the majority of people who frequent this sub. I’d wager most are just laypeople interested in scientific studies/advancements who wouldn’