Specific genetic modifications allowed the lung to survive the body’s hyperacute rejection, where the body attacks the organ, ...

The xenotransplantation comes on the heels of recent transplants of pig hearts and kidneys into medical patients.

Surgeons think the first transplantation of a pig lung in a human is an exciting step forward for the field, but many ...

Scientists are pushing the boundaries of human longevity with xenotransplantation—pig hearts, lungs, and kidneys transplanted ...

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. With available human organs constantly ...

New York, USA, March 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A medical device called the organ care system (OCS) maintains organ viability by providing an artificially regulated environment that stimulates ...

For people who need a lung transplant, the wait is often prolonged by the frustrating fact that most donor organs have to be discarded: Only 20% of donated lungs meet medical criteria for ...

Smoking, vaping, air pollution, exposure to workplace chemicals and microbial infections are among the main causes of lung ...

A team of University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have identified a pathway to help the human body defend itself ...

Other breakthroughs in medical tech have the potential to make key treatments more accessible, such as a low-cost nebulizer ...

In a recent review published in the Cell Death Discovery Journal, researchers elucidated the mechanisms underlying the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections ...

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disease was characterized by many as a flu-like respiratory infection mainly affecting the lungs. Now, physicians recognize that the coronavirus can ...