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

Discover how a surgical team engineered an improvised artificial lung system that kept a man alive for 48 hours without lungs ...

An external lung system sustained a patient with severe respiratory failure. Molecular analysis confirmed irreversible lung ...

Two years later, he's alive and well.

For two days, the patient lived as a human being with no lungs, stabilized by a machine that breathed and buffered his ...

In the spring of 2023, a 33-year-old man arrived at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago with lungs that were rapidly shutting down. What started as a bout of influenza had spiraled into acute ...

The lungs are crucial for human health as they facilitate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and the environment. This process is vital for delivering oxygen to the body's ...

ALBUQUERQUE — Fossilized lungs found preserved along with an ancient bird may breathe new life into studies of early avian respiration. If confirmed as lungs, the find marks the first time that ...