A novel external artificial lung system sustained an adult man for approximately 2 days after his irreversibly diseased lungs ...

Missouri patient survives double-lung transplant after innovative 48-hour bridge therapy removes infected lungs, offering new ...

The doctors faced a dilemma: The patient’s lungs were fueling the infection, but he was too sick to undergo a transplant ...

Cheryl Mehrkar with Stephanie H. Chang, MD, who performed the world’s first fully robotic double lung transplant surgery on Oct. 22, 2024. Surgeons in New York have become the first in the world to ...

Khaberni - In an unprecedented medical achievement, doctors and surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago managed to keep a critical patient alive for 48 hours after ...

Man was kept alive on artificial lung for two days while he waited for double transplant - Only about 150 to 200 lung ...

Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a global leader in cell-free DNA and precision medicine, today announced the publication of a ...

New research from UCLA Health reveals that women continue to face barriers in accessing lung transplants compared to men, despite recent national policy changes aimed at making organ distribution more ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The medical world is celebrating two innovative technologies Northwestern Medicine is using to help give patients a new chance at life, called "lungs in the fridge" and "lungs in a ...

In India, infection-driven severe lung failure is common. Pneumonia, TB, air-pollution-related diseases make respiratory ...