Mayo Clinic Discovery Could Mean Better Access to More Donor Hearts and Improved Transplant Outcomes

After more than two decades of the National Transplant System being paralysed, everything points to the fact that in this six-year period all batteries will be put in order to renew it, humanize it, make it more efficient and make it more just for all regions of the country. For those who today live in the hope of obtaining a kidney, liver or tissue that can save their lives, these could be good news. So far, these patients, which are numbered b…

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers have made a new discovery that could result in more donor hearts being made available for transplantation, giving more people a second chance at life. The findings, published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research, show that a team led by Paul Tang, M.D., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic cardiac surgeon, has identified the biological process that contributes to injury to donated hearts during cold storage. T…

A new discovery by Mayo Clinic researchers may mean more donor hearts will be available for transplant, giving more people a second chance at life.