Egyptian surgeon pioneers a method to keep organs alive

** #8 Egyptian cardiothoracic surgeon Waleed Hassanein pioneered a method to keep organs alive outside the body. His Organ Care System (OCS), a device that provides organs with conditions similar to those found inside the human body, allows donated organs to survive 3x longer than they would on ice, according to a video from the European Patent Office (watch, runtime: 1:56).