Scientists announced this week that they have managed to keep a genetically modified pig lung alive inside a human body—although briefly—for the first time. The lung survived for nine days, marking ...
A team of four surgeons in the Duke Lung Transplant Program successfully performed a robotic bilateral lung transplant June 30, making Duke the first medical institution in the Southeast and the ...
How a patient survived for 48 hours without lungs. Too ill to receive a lung transplant straight away, the man relied on an ...
Ex-MMA champion Ben Askren has undergone successful double lung transplant surgery, per his wife, Amy Askren, on her personal Facebook page. "We are so thankful to share that Ben has received a double ...
Doctors in Guangzhou, China, transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human for the first time Aug. 25, highlighting the potential of xenotransplantation to transform medical care.
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German woman has no signs of cancer after undergoing a new double-lung transplant surgery
A German woman has a new lease on life after a novel approach to double-lung transplantation rid her of a deadly cancer. Cornelia Tischmacher, an art dealer and historian from Berlin, was diagnosed ...
Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...
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