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27.01.2015

Liver Assist publication UPMC

The University of Pittsburgh and the UPMC have published their recent research with the Liver Assist. Dr. Paulo Fontes has perfused livers at subnormothermia with an artifical oxygen carrier solution.

The results of the pre-clinical research Dr. Fontes with the Liver Assist has performed has been published in the American Journal of Transplantation (Volume 15, Issue 2, Article first published online: 22 januari 2015). The project in Pittsburgh has been a cooperation of Organ Assist with Dr. Fontes.

Paulo Fontes and his colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC and Pitt’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine have developed machine-perfusion technology that preserves donor livers by pumping them with a form of cold artificial blood known as a “cell-free oxygen-carrier solution.”

“The data from the studies have been shared with federal regulators”, Paulo Fontes says “with the aim of launching a clinical trial to test the system at UPMC this year”.

“This system has great potential to enhance our current standards for organ preservation, which should translate into more patients getting a life-saving procedure with potentially better outcomes,” Dr. Fontes said. “Not only that, we have hopes of a faster recovery because the liver could be less likely to become injured due to a lack of oxygen.”

Publication: Liver Preservation With Machine Perfusion and a Newly Developed Cell-Free Oxygen Carrier Solution Under Subnormothermic Conditions

Video: Inside UPMC

More media:

# UPMC website – New Machine-Perfusion Organ Preservation System Keeps Livers Healthier for Transplant

# Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Pitt-UPMC team develops way to keep donated livers viable longer

# Medical Xpress – New machine-perfusion organ preservation system keeps livers healthier for transplant

# Triblive News – Pitt researcher to test organ-cooling device to protect human livers for transplant

# WESA FM – New Liver Preservation Technique Aimed at Improving Transplant Outcomes

# Science Blog – Machine organ preservation system keeps livers healthier for transplant

# EurekAlert! – New machine-perfusion organ preservation system keeps livers healthier for transplant

# JD News – New technology preserves organs during transplant process

# Naples Daily News – Pitt researcher to test organ-cooling device to protect human livers for transplant

# GlobeNewsWire – New Machine-Perfusion Organ Preservation System Keeps Livers Healthier for Transplant

# POP City – Pitt ensures healthier organ transplants with new preservation system

# Science Daily – New machine-perfusion organ preservation system keeps livers healthier for transplant

# Zenopa – New preservation system ‘keeps liver healthier for longer’

# Designer Children – Pitt-UPMC team develops way to keep donated livers viable longer

# BrightSurf – New machine-perfusion organ preservation system keeps livers healthier for transplant