A patient who received a double-lung transplant has said he is pleased to be going home for the birth of his baby girl. Jack ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists in China have reported transplanting a genetically modified pig lung into a human. The 39-year-old patient was a brain ...

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

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 ...

Joshua Garza is spending a lot of time at Houston Methodist Hospital. “I’ll go to the doctor any day of the week because it means I'm still alive and I'm here to do it. That’s probably the worst thing ...

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

Natera, Inc., a global leader in cell-free DNA and precision medicine, today announced the publication of a new prospective clinical trial in Transplantation Direct . The study, which was conducted by ...

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

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 ...