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"To both help alleviate the chronic shortage of organs and improve transplant outcomes, doctors are turning to a new kind of organ retrieval procedure, normothermic regional perfusion (NRP), that produces more, high quality livers, kidneys, and hearts.
The procedure replenishes the oxygen deprivation that the organs incur during the dying process, meaning they’re recovered in a healthier state. About half of the nation’s 56 organ procurement organizations have already started using NRP, according to the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations. ..."
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