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Episode 11: Preserving Lung Quality During Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion with Guillermo Garza

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Dr. Garza imagines a future where organs can be preserved outside the body for 36 hours, calling it "a really new window" for transplantation.

Host interviews Dr. Guillermo Garza, a thoracic surgeon researching ex vivo lung perfusion at University Health Network in Toronto. They discuss his project aiming to extend lung preservation time from the current clinical standard of 4-6 hours to 36 hours using novel techniques like blood perfusion and membrane removal, with potential applications for gene therapies and organ transplantation.

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