A specialist machine that keeps donated lungs alive outside the body has been conditionally recommended in draft NICE guidance in a move that could unlock hundreds of organs for transplants.
UK NICE · July 28, 2026
NICE draft guidance: lung preservation machine for donor organ transplants
Original title: New lung preservation machine could make hundreds of unused donor lungs available for transplant
NICE conditionally recommends a lung preservation machine that keeps donated lungs viable outside the body, potentially enabling hundreds of additional transplants.
Published by UK NICE. HealthSignal links to the original document; the summary above is extracted from the source text.