Organ Recovery Systems
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
NIH awards Chicago tissue preservation firm two-year, $880,000 grant to develop an ice-free preservation system for articular cartilage transplants. The grant will fund animal research on whether vitrification, unlike freezing, can maintain viable grafts used to treat severe arthritis and traumatic injuries. Phase I trials using vitrification have maintained 80-85% cell viability, compared with 12% for frozen grafts...