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How long could we live ? 123 year old cornea.

  • 17-01-2009 7:35pm
    #1
    Capt'n Midnight
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    http://www.reason.com/blog/show/129713.html
    An 80-year-old Norwegian man named Bernt Aune "had a cornea transplanted into his right eye in 1958, from a man born in June 1885. At the time it was expected to work for only 5 years," reports a New Scientist blog, which also wonders if the antique eye might only see in black and white. The cornea is still kicking 50 years later, making it the oldest functioning organ around.

    so how long can our organs last ?
    should we insist that all organ receiptiants be organ donors too as a condition , to keep the organs in circulation ?


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  • #2
    norrie rugger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,656 ✭✭✭norrie rugger


    i personally believe that the basic organs of heart kidney liver should be part of an 'opt out' scheme.


  • #3
    DrIndy
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    i think the cornea should be retransplanted and see if it beats the 200year mark


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    eVeNtInE
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #5
    norrie rugger
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    eVeNtInE wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    What really infuriates me, is that I sign a donor card but I then have to ask a next of kin for permission!!
    That person can remove that permission, if I die

    Interesting idea Indy, do you know what the cellular turn over is, in that area? Would be great to study that tissue to see its integrity
    Also DNA should be checked to determine if the patients body had used the donor tissue as a starting point and has its own cells there also


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