But as the clock ticks, organs deteriorate, particularly the lungs, so speed is crucial.

She could not live for long and as she died her organs would deteriorate.

Such babies die within minutes or days after being born, in which time their organs deteriorate, and hence cannot be used for transplant surgery.

Man's organs deteriorate and his tissues return to a primitive state.

Or must they wait until brain function had ceased altogether, when the organs had deteriorated and become unusable?

Those bodies are often kept on respirators after death, to insure that the organs to be used do not deteriorate.

Without artificial life support, anencelphalic babies die slowly and their organs deteriorate.

Without artificial life support, anencephalic babies die slowly and their organs deteriorate and become useless for transplant.

Until now, few of these babies have been used as donors because their organs deteriorate by the time they die.

By the time she died nine days after birth, her organs had deteriorated past the point of being viable.