About a third of lung transplant patients with cystic fibrosis receive elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor; use is higher among ...

While chemotherapy remains a cornerstone of lung cancer treatment, it often weakens the immune system it relies on for ...

Doctors at Baylor College of Medicine have confirmed that the use of the portable Organ Care System (OCS), or "breathing lung ...

Despite recommendations on early referral for lung transplantation in cases of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), there ...

After lung transplantation, infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa independently predicted antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), researchers found. Individuals found to carry the bacteria after ...

“I am extremely excited to join the heart and lung transplantation team at Baylor College of Medicine and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center,” Loor said. “I’ve been very attracted to the developments in ...

In the transplantation world, technology has played a major role in advancing the way donor organs are transported and preserved.One advancement in lung transplant preservation that recently ...

The study demonstrated that lung transplantation can be performed in candidates with advanced age and can provide life-extending benefits. Recipients aged 70 and above had more frequent ...

Milestone in the field of lung transplantation: Improvement in rejection and infection rate thanks to extracorporeal photopheresis Findings could significantly change the standard procedure for ...

Connie White-Williams, MSN, RN, FNP, has no significant financial interests to disclose. Cite this: Connie White-Williams. Lung Transplantation - Medscape - Jun 01, 2002.

Raising post-transplantation survival statistics has been a motivating force behind Golden's research. One key element of his work centers on finding ways of predicting or detecting early signs of ...

In the past five years, the number of lung transplantations carried out has increased by about 20 percent. In the end stage of various lung diseases, transplantation is the last remaining option ...