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- Nov 19, 2016
- 2 min
New lung transplant technique could save lives: study – New Vision
Doctors typically rush to complete a transplant within about six hours of the lungs being taken from a donor, with time being of the...
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- Nov 9, 2016
- 2 min
U-M researchers successfully transplant lab-grown mini lungs into immunosuppressed mice – News
Researchers at the University of Michigan have transplanted lab-grown mini lungs into immunosuppressed mice where the structures were...
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- Jun 18, 2016
- 4 min
Research links transplant complication with shorter lifespan – University of Pittsburgh The Pi
Recent lung transplant recipients will spend recovery holding their breath after UPMC researchers linked a common complication with a...
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- Jun 6, 2016
- 4 min
Lung Transplant First to Use New ‘Ex-vivo’ Technology – Laboratory Equipment
Transplant surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center have performed the first lung transplant in Texas using donated lungs treated with...
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- Apr 16, 2016
- 2 min
High-volume lung transplant centers have lower costs and readmissions – Science Daily
High-volume lung transplant centers have lower transplantation costs and their patients are less likely to be readmitted within 30 days...
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- Apr 8, 2016
- 3 min
Surgeons test technology with potential to expand lung transplant donor pool – Medical Xpress
Organ transplant patient Michele Coleman receives a follow-up exam a few months after surgeons at Washington University School of...
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- Jan 22, 2016
- 3 min
Changes to lung transplant rules for children – STLtoday.com
One in four children in the U.S. who need lung transplants is on the waiting list at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, one of the few...
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- Dec 13, 2015
- 5 min
Tennessee woman survives record 25 years after lung transplant – The Tennessean
Twenty-five years after her lung transplant, Pam Smith makes the annual 200-mile trip from her home in Athens, Tenn., to Vanderbilt...
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- Nov 24, 2015
- 1 min
Central Florida teen receives double lung transplant – Fox 35 Orlando
FOX 35 News at 10 p.m. ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) – Jordan McCaskill says she’s looking forward to getting back to a more normal life...
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- Nov 3, 2015
- 2 min
Wider geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs can increase transplant … – News-Medic
Broader geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs could result in twice as many lung transplants for young patients in the U.S.,...
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- Nov 2, 2015
- 3 min
Cleveland Clinic: New policies would expand pediatric lung transplant access … – EurekAl
Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, Cleveland: Broader geographic sharing of pediatric donor lungs could result in twice as many lung transplants for...
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- Oct 9, 2015
- 2 min
Smog Linked to Organ Rejection, Deaths in Lung Transplant Patients – U.S. News & World Rep
By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Living near busy roads with high levels of air pollution...
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- Sep 28, 2015
- 2 min
New technique bodes well for lung transplant success rate – Gizmag
Our bodies have developed a particularly unforgiving immune response when a threat is posed to our lungs. This is great for warding off...
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- Sep 28, 2015
- 2 min
A great fighter: Destin baby needs lung transplant – The Northwest Florida Daily News
DESTIN — Little Cayden Alexander Guercio is a fighter. His Gaelic name, which means “a great fighter” even reflects that. Born to Dennis...
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- Sep 19, 2015
- 3 min
$7.3 million grant funds study of lung transplant rejection – Washington University in St. Lou
Lung transplants – a treatment of last resort for end-stage lung disease – have given thousands of patients a second lease on life. But...
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- Sep 10, 2015
- 2 min
A student gets her diploma despite a double lung transplant – WAAY
Life gets turned upside down when you’re hit by a life-threatening disease. Usually, everything else gets put on hold. But a teenage girl...
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- Sep 2, 2015
- 1 min
Toronto Team Debuts Fractal Electrochemical Chip Method for Detecting Lung … – GenomeWeb
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – With the goal of developing a novel molecular diagnostic assay to aid in the lung transplantation process,...
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- Jul 22, 2015
- 2 min
Heart-lung transplant man marks 30 years – BBC News
Heart-lung transplant man marks 30 years 20 July 2015 From the section London Andrew Whitby: “My life has been improved beyond measure” A...
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- Jul 15, 2015
- 2 min
Double lung transplant doesn’t slow Pan Am torch bearer – Toronto Star
Myles Lynch runs with an easy, loping gait—his legs churning, his lungs pumping oxygen. He holds the Pan Am flame high and proud, but...
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