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In hospitals the number of donor lungs and organs is critical, about 25 Albertans die waiting for donor lungs. But thanks to a new technology Doctors can repair lungs that before were deemed unusable. The new technology can repair these lungs and can even make them better than average lungs. Before the new technology was created the lung would usually be put on ice but sometimes the ice could damage the lungs before they got to the patient. One in four donor lungs are currently usable but with the new technology one in two lungs can be usable. It take about 10 hours to repair the lungs with this new technology. They repaired the lungs by not keeping them on ice but instead kept them at body temperature and moisture, and they kept the lungs ventilated.
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