{"id":13646,"date":"2022-02-21T16:13:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T16:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montrealthoracique.ca\/la-creation-dorganes-universels-pour-la-transplantation\/"},"modified":"2022-02-24T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T19:46:10","slug":"la-creation-dorganes-universels-pour-la-transplantation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montrealthoracique.ca\/en\/la-creation-dorganes-universels-pour-la-transplantation\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionizing Organ Transplantation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-study-published-in-science-translational-medicine-successfully-found-a-way-to-convert-blood-type-in-donor-lungs-making-them-universal-organs-for-transplant-the-findings-have-the-potential-to-revolutionize-organ-transplantation-by-improving-fairness-in-organ-allocation-trouve-un-moyen-de-modifier-le-groupe-sanguin-de-poumons-destines-a-la-transplantation-creant-des-organes-de-type-sanguin-universels-cette-decouverte-pourrait-revolutionner-la-transplantation-en-ameliorant-l-equite-dans-l-attribution-des-organes\">A study published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/scitranslmed.abm7190\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><em>Science Translational Medicine<\/em><\/mark><\/a> has successfully found a way to convert the blood type of lungs intended for transplant using ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP), making them universal blood-type organs. These findings have the potential to revolutionize organ transplantation by improving fairness in donor organ allocation.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;With the current matching system, wait times can be considerably longer for patients who need a transplant depending on their blood type, explains Dr. Marcelo Cypel, Surgical Director of the Ajmera Transplant Centre and the senior author of the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Having universal organs means we could eliminate the blood-matching barrier and prioritize patients by medical urgency, saving more lives and wasting less organs, adds Dr. Cypel, who is also a thoracic surgeon at UHN&#8217;s Sprott Department of Surgery, a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and the Canada Research Chair in Lung Transplantation.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montrealthoracique.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/UHN-logo-no-tag.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13619\" width=\"288\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.montrealthoracique.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/UHN-logo-no-tag.png 699w, https:\/\/www.montrealthoracique.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/UHN-logo-no-tag-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/www.montrealthoracique.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/UHN-logo-no-tag-150x30.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"read-the-full-press-release-here\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhn.ca\/Corporate\/News\/PressReleases\/Pages\/Creating_universal_blood-type_organs_for_transplant.aspx\">READ THE FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE &gt;&nbsp;<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"watch-the-global-national-video-here\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/8626321\/canadian-medical-experiment-could-revolutionize-organ-transplants\">WATCH THE GLOBAL NATIONAL VIDEO HERE &gt;&nbsp;<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"read-the-published-article-in-science-translational-medicine-here\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/scitranslmed.abm7190\">READ THE PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE HERE <strong>&gt;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study published in Science Translational Medicine has successfully found a way to convert the blood type of lungs intended for transplant using ex vivo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-research","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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