Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus survivor in US receives double lung transplant
Surgeons in Chicago have given a new set of lungs to a young woman with severe lung damage from the coronavirus.
Jun 11, 2020
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Medical research
Lung cell transplant boosts healing after the flu in mice
Some cases of the flu are so severe they cause lasting injury to the lungs. New research from the University of Pennsylvania now points to a strategy that may one day offer protection against this damage.
Aug 20, 2019
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Medical research
Damaged lungs breathe life into COVID research
A small black lump, about an inch or so in width, rests on the bottom of a sealed plastic container. It doesn't look like much—in fact, it doesn't look like anything. But this little black lump has untold potential, full ...
Mar 11, 2022
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Lung transplant recipient defies all odds
Meara Schmidt, 28, almost died a few weeks ago. Lying in her hospital bed at UCLA, the seriously ill cystic fibrosis patient felt herself slipping away and her life flashing by. But then the image of her husband appeared, ...
Jul 6, 2012
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Surgery
Physician describes three advances leading to more lifesaving organ transplants
All too often, people waiting for lifesaving organ transplants cannot get them. One of the biggest challenges is the lack of viable donated organs. Promising medical advances are opening the doors to more transplants and ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Medical research
Team publishes new national analysis on COVID-19 lung transplantation
A Smidt Heart Institute analysis of lung transplantations performed nationally shows significant help for patients with severe, irreversible lung damage from COVID-19.
Jan 26, 2022
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Washington University surgeons successfully use artificial lung in toddler
Two-year-old Owen Stark came to St. Louis Children's Hospital in the summer of 2010 near death from heart failure and dangerously high blood pressure in his lungs.
Jun 16, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cough may warn of danger for patients with lung-scarring disease
A new analysis has found that coughing may signal trouble for patients with the lung-scarring disease known as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The study, published in the journal Respirology, found that patients with the condition ...
Oct 18, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infinite hug mechanism may be key to lung fibrosis
Researchers have long known that fibrosis – scarred tissue and organs – is caused by a wound healing mechanism that goes awry beyond normal wound repair. Now, a group of researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty ...
Jan 24, 2019
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Medical research
Researchers isolate process that damages lungs of donors with traumatic brain injury
Few people would guess that some of the most detrimental damage from a traumatic brain injury is to the lungs, but transplant specialists are keenly aware of this phenomenon. Indiana University research published Sept. 3 ...
Sep 3, 2014
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