For example, let’s say an older person donates an organ to a young person. First of all, the following question will probably come to mind: Can an older person’s organ adapt to a young body?

Here’s how to understand the answer to this question We have an interesting story…

According to the BBC article, a 19-year-old young woman in Turkey urgently needed a liver transplant.

The options available were limited and the young woman From a person who died at the age of 93 A liver had to be removed.

The young woman was 26 years old He was celebrating the 100th anniversary of the liver that saved his life. In other words, the incident shows that age difference is not very important in organ transplantation.

According to Roi Paul Nathan, CEO of Ela Pharma, an organ begins to die as soon as it is donated.

Necrosis; thus one of the main causes of cell death, leading to organ death It is a chain of cellular and molecular events.

It occurs due to the inability of blood and oxygen to reach the tissue. Necrosis is the nemesis of organ transplantation. Different organs are affected differently by necrosis. Although the heart and lungs are affected most quickly, the kidneys may last longer.

The process of necrosis can be slowed down by using cooling or perfusion machines.

However, it can extend the life of donated organs. There is still a great need for innovative technologies It must be emphasized. Necrosis makes transporting organs extremely difficult and requires recipients to be in a specific geographic area.

Nathan said they discovered that necrosis is regulated by a specific enzyme and by focusing on that enzyme They managed to stop the cell death process states.

Organs this way They managed to extend the time from donor to recipient. Their goal is to extend this period to 24 hours. So we can say that the ability to transport organs over longer distances is a big change.

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