Transplant donor compatibility predictive tool invented in Córdoba
Wednesday, August 30, 2017 @ 5:34 PM
TRANSPLANT operations in Spain could be 'revolutionised' thanks to a new system using Artificial Intelligence which predicts donor-patient compatibility.
According to Dr Pedro Antonio Gutiérrez, from the research team in Córdoba, the method has been tested with liver transplants and carries a 76% reliability level.
The current method, known as MELD, only measures the severity of a patient's liver disorder and no other factors, neither does it measure the donor's own physical makeup.
Dr Gutiérrez says this can lead to 'unfair situations' – those with less-serious conditions having to wait many more years for transplants, whilst good organs are wasted when priority candidates' bodies reject them.
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