The same technique which saves people after cardiac arrest and stroke may help improve kidney transplants.
A new study shows that cooling the bodies of deceased donors before the organs are transplanted helped those kidneys start up faster.
In almost half of kidney transplants, there's a delayed start - and sometimes those organs never function completely.
But in this test, the mild hypothermia worked so well, the trial was stopped early so all patients could get it.
Hypothermia in organ donors may improve kidney transplants
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