METHODS OF PRESERVING FUNCTIONALITY OF AN ORGAN, PRESERVING FERTILITY OF A PATIENT UNDERGOING A TREATMENT EXPECTED TO CAUSE STERILITY AND ASSURING A SUPPLY OF VIABLE GAMETES FOR FUTURE USE
Amir ARAV,Yehudit NATAN,Saar YAVIN,Uri MEIR,Udi DAMARI
申请号：
US14075101
公开号：
US20140127172A1
申请日:
2013.11.08
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
A method of preserving functionality of an organ is disclosed herein, including removing a whole organ including vasculature from a donor, cryo-preserving the whole organ including vasculature, thawing the whole organ including vasculature so that at least a portion of cells contained therein resume biological activity, and introducing the whole organ including vasculature into a recipient so that a blood vessel in the vasculature is supplied with blood. Further disclosed herein is a method of preserving fertility of a patient undergoing a treatment expected to cause sterility, including removing at least one whole gonadal organ including vasculature from the patient, preserving functionality of the gonadal organ as described herein, conducting the treatment and waiting for an effect thereof to subside, and introducing the gonadal organ into the patient.
