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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

AI could help NHS surgeons perform 300 more transplants every year, say UK surgeons

An organ transport ice chest.
An organ transport ice chest. Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

Artificial intelligence could help NHS surgeons perform 300 more transplant operations every year, according to British researchers who have designed a new tool to boost the quality of donor organs.

Currently, medical staff must rely on their own assessments of whether an organ may be suitable for transplanting into a patient. It means some organs are picked that ultimately do not prove successful, while others that might be useful can be disregarded.

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