Doctors at Baylor College of Medicine have confirmed that the use of the portable Organ Care System (OCS), or "breathing lung" technology, boosts long-term survival for transplant patients. This ...

Organ transplantation offers life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage organ failure, restoring function and vastly ...

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has made history by performing the Gulf region’s first-ever robotic lung transplant, making it one ...

Craig Scherer became the first patient to receive a lung transplant through a new initiative at the Phoenix Mayo Clinic.

Transplant surgeons at USF Health and Tampa General Hospital have successfully performed the world’s first recorded bloodless ...

Two-time, double-lung transplant recipient to compete in World Transplant Games in Germany in August For every surgery that adds up to set a record, there is a patient behind the numbers with a ...

Former MMA champion, UFC fighter and Olympic wrestler Ben Askren has received a double lung transplant during a weekslong hospital stay for severe pneumonia, according to his wife, Amy.

Once a match is found, the transplant surgery itself takes 6 to 12 hours, but the pre-transplant evaluation can take weeks to months to complete.

Double-lung transplant patient Deron Wells has died after his battle for coverage from his health insurance company went viral online.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis recovers from Loyola Medicine’s life-saving double lung transplant.

MMA’s Ben Askren Undergoes Double Lung Transplant After Severe Pneumonia Diagnosis Mixed martial artist Ben Askren underwent a double lung transplant a month after he was hospitalized with ...