EX VIVO LUNG: Transplant surgeons at Toronto General Hospital make medical history

*** As featured on the Colbert Report - June 4, 2009 ***
http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/library/#clip180735

For the first time in the world, transplant surgeons, led by Dr. Shaf Keshavjee, used a new technique to repair an injured donor lung that was unsuitable for transplant, and then successfully transplanted it into Andy Dyksrta.

Dr. Keshavjee and his team have developed an ex vivo or outside the body technique capable of pumping a bloodless solution containing oxygen, proteins and nutrients into damaged donor lungs. This technique allows the surgeons the opportunity to assess and treat damaged donor lungs, while they are outside the body, to make them suitable for transplantation. To find out more about this research milestone, and others like it, visit www.tgwhf.ca!

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[quiet45mom]

My daughter has Cystic Fibrosis and this gives us and I'm sure alot of other people HOPE...

[Akitsu2005]

This is the kind of mad scientist stuff we've all wanted to see, and the way all real advancements tend to happen. Someone gets a crazy idea and goes with it.

Kudos to the mad scientists of the world!!!

[aislecheeks]

@quiet45mom I have CF and am just about to go on the list. It's a 2 month wait for the assessment though. At the end of that 3 day assessment, they tell you straight away if you're on the list. I just WISH the government would make organ donation an opt-out system!

[markoz50]

My sister is on the lung transplant list with CF. I'm making a little series of films to follow her story. Would love to hear from anyone else that has had a transplant or is also on the list...

[drtrini007]

Shaf's the man

[henndri]

Good Video

[PuncturedPrincess]

yep, pretty much!

[missisGG]

This is great, so many more lives will be saved. its brilliant!

[Iazzaboyce]

FAREWELL TO YOU LENA

Farwell to you Lena, the years have gone by

The carnival is over, the face paint is dry

The laughters no more and the tears are in vain

Farewell to you Lena, the ferry has sailed, theres nothing to blame The tears fall like rain

[stephenharperbest2]

rofl i was born in that hospital

[3S88Sat]

good job toronto

brown man represent!!

[diddykongracer87]

Steven Colbert got me to go on youtube and look this up, pretty cool, now only if they could make you brain work outside of the body...