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Technology & AIJul 24, 2026

The quest to keep organs alive outside the body

This week, I covered a fascinating effort to preserve organs outside the body.

This week, I covered a fascinating effort to preserve organs outside the body. There’s a huge shortage of donor organs, and one of the main reasons is time—they survive only a matter of hours outside the body, even when they’re kept on ice. Doctors dream of organ banks—stores of…

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