Abu Dhabi has cemented its position as a regional and global medical hub, achieving a significant milestone in organ ...

Scientists have found a way to supercharge lung cancer treatment by transplanting healthy mitochondria into tumors, which ...

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 ...

Abu Dhabi’s National Programme for Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissue – Hayat, has completed a total of 1,090 organ transplants across the emirate. Launched in 2017, Hayat is a ...

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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.

Researchers investigated the prevalence of different cancers and other clinical outcomes in kidney transplant recipients.