Doctors at Baylor College of Medicine have confirmed that the use of the portable Organ Care System (OCS), or "breathing lung ...

While chemotherapy remains a cornerstone of lung cancer treatment, it often weakens the immune system it relies on for ...

The study demonstrated that lung transplantation can be performed in candidates with advanced age and can provide life-extending benefits. Recipients aged 70 and above had more frequent ...

About a third of lung transplant patients with cystic fibrosis receive elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor; use is higher among ...

Transplant for end-stage PAH remains an important treatment option. Heart-lung transplantation plummeted from 91.7% to 21.4% between 1991 and 2014.

Despite recommendations on early referral for lung transplantation in cases of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), there ...

Milestone in the field of lung transplantation: Improvement in rejection and infection rate thanks to extracorporeal photopheresis Findings could significantly change the standard procedure for ...

Source Reference: Tissot A, et al. "Increased delay to lung transplantation for women candidates: Gender-based disparity matters in the lung transplant trajectory" ERJ Open Res 2024; DOI: 10.1183 ...

After lung transplantation, infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa independently predicted antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), researchers found. Individuals found to carry the bacteria after ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — VCU Health is set to begin a lung transplant program at its Hume-Lee Transplant Center, becoming the third transplant center in Virginia able to perform lung transplantation.

Oral Session 05 – Donor Lung Engineering: Recent Developments and Continued Challenges, Sunday, April 27, 3:36 – 3:44 p.m. ET: 28 – Selectin and Integrin Blockade in Multi-Gene-Edited Pig ...