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 ...

A novel external artificial lung system sustained an adult man for approximately 2 days after his irreversibly diseased lungs ...

THE HUMAN BODY can only go without oxygen for 4 minutes before there’s irreversible brain damage. Death follows 4 to 6 ...

Missouri patient survives double-lung transplant after innovative 48-hour bridge therapy removes infected lungs, offering new ...

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 ...

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 ...

An advanced life support ambulance is based at the Oakdale fire station, bringing hospital-level care to the area.

A sudden, dangerous breathing crisis brings Patchy Girl to a specialist team in respiratory medicine. Initial imaging suggests tracheal collapse, but her distress indicates a more critical obstruction ...

The team's total artificial lung system, or TAL, bought the man precious time until a double lung transplant was viable.

Surgeons report a case in which artificial lungs kept a man alive for 48 hours after both lungs were removed, allowing time for a transplant.

For two days, the patient lived as a human being with no lungs, stabilized by a machine that breathed and buffered his ...