Liver transplant tech shows life-saving potential / La tecnologia del trapianto di fegato mostra un potenziale salvavita Segnalato dal Dott. Giuseppe Cotellessa / Reported by Dr. Giuseppe Cotellessa The number of livers available for transplant could be increased significantly using a new technology that preserves the organs at body temperature. In a paper in the journal Nature , Oxford-based OrganOx has published the findings of a randomised, multinational clinical trial, in which transplanted livers were shown to function better when preserved with its metra device. When a liver is donated for transplant, it is stored in an ice box. This slows the liver’s metabolism, helping to preserve it until it can be transplanted. However, the organ continues to deteriorate every second it is preserved on ice, limiting the length of time an organ can be stored to between six to nine hours, according to Andy Self, commercial director at OrganOx. “When the liver is in an