if certain organs can regrow [like livers] why can’t we just keep some on ice until they’re needed?
In: Biology
Organs do not live that long on ice. There is a reason why transplants that takes place in different hospitals use ambulances with sirens, helicopters and in some cases even fighter jets to get the organs to the destination hospital as fast as possible even if the organ is on ice. We are able to prevent it from dying for a few hours but not much longer. Therefore we can not just keep an organ on ice for long periods of time. It may be that we just have not researched the right technique but currently it is not possible.
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