Doctors at Baylor College of Medicine have confirmed that the use of the portable Organ Care System (OCS), or “breathing lung” technology, boosts long-term survival for transplant patients. This ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paragonix Technologies, the leading hypothermic cardiothoracic organ preservation provider, announced today the first-in-man clinical use of the only FDA cleared ...

Cold air can irritate the airways that carry air into the lungs, potentially causing symptoms like coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing.

Transplanting lungs is a tricky business. Far fewer of them are successfully harvested from organ donors—less than 15%, compared to the 88% viability rate seen with more solid tissues such as kidneys ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paragonix Technologies, the leading hypothermic cardiothoracic organ preservation provider, announced today the clinical and commercial launch of the LUNGguard™ ...

Inflammation caused by lupus may affect the lungs in many ways, and can involve the membrane lining of the lungs, the lungs themselves, the blood vessels within the lungs, and the diaphragm. The most ...

When someone with advanced lung disease — like emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — has tried all other treatment options, a lung transplant may be their ...

In the past, transporting a set of lungs from a donor in Alaska to a waiting patient in North Carolina would have been considered a lost cause. But a preservation system from Paragonix Technologies ...

A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants' ...

For people who need a lung transplant, the wait is often prolonged by the frustrating fact that most donor organs have to be discarded: Only 20% of donated lungs meet medical criteria for ...

A lot of otherwise healthy-seeming high schoolers and young adults are getting very sick. Since June, 28 cases of a mystery respiratory illness have been reported in Utah. Wisconsin has found 32 so ...