From alveolar injury to extracellular matrix accumulation, the complex biology of pulmonary fibrosis is being unraveled ...

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 ...

Scientists have found a way to supercharge lung cancer treatment by transplanting healthy mitochondria into tumors, which both boosts immune response and makes chemotherapy far more effective. By ...

Griff Hill of Hudson, who had a double-lung transplant, has raised more than $100,000 for Lifebanc.

U.S. News & World Report has named NYU Langone Hospitals as No. 1 in Best Hospitals for pulmonology and lung surgery. In last ...

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

Referral for Transplantation The identification of poor prognostic features in patients with PAH should prompt a timely referral for assessment for lung transplantation. A major component of the ...

Transplant for end-stage PAH remains an important treatment option. Heart-lung transplantation plummeted from 91.7% to 21.4% between 1991 and 2014.

Concerning time on the LT waiting list, women waited for a median of 115 days versus 73 days for men. Men had more single lung transplantation and less volume reduction than women.

Source Reference: Tissot A, et al. "Increased delay to lung transplantation for women candidates: Gender-based disparity matters in the lung transplant trajectory" ERJ Open Res 2024; DOI: 10.1183 ...

Dr Michael Perch is the Chair of the European Respiratory Society's Group on Lung Transplantation and a senior consultant at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, and was not involved in the research.

Early infection caused extensive inflammation in many different body systems, noted Dr. Scott Scheinin, MD, director of lung transplantation for Mount Sinai Health System in New York City.