By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. By replacing both breathing and circulatory buffering, a novel artificial lung bought critical time after lung removal, revealed irreversible damage, and made transplantation ...

The rapid transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory disease that ...

In the spring of 2023, a 33-year-old man arrived at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago with lungs that were rapidly shutting down. What started as a bout of influenza had spiraled into acute ...

Chinese Medical Journals Publishing House Co., Ltd. Acute lung injury (ALI), marked by the sudden onset of widespread lung inflammation, severely impairs gas exchange function in the lungs and can ...

Charlottesville, Va, Jan. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A scientific discovery aimed at stopping dangerous immune-system overreactions could soon offer hope to patients facing some of the most ...

Mechanisms involved in the rapid, severe progression of fibrosis in the lung tissues of COVID-19 patients, a potentially fatal complication of the virus that damages and scars the lungs, have been ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - A groundbreaking study will soon be underway that researchers say will transform the way doctors treat patients battling life-threatening conditions. And it could save ...

Inhaled sevoflurane significantly reduced ventilator-free days and 90-day survival versus IV propofol in moderate to severe ARDS. Inhaled volatile sedatives grew in popularity for prolonged use in ...

Drawing from research on sepsis and complement biology, they developed the monoclonal antibody vilobelimab to block overactive inflammatory responses in patients with severe inflammatory diseases ...

In an advance for critical care medicine, two international studies published in parallel in the journal Nature Medicine have established a new unified framework for understanding the biological chaos ...