Feb. 6, 2025 — Scientists have created a new low-cost, fast response sensor to detect lung cancer biomarkers, paving the way for the development of screening devices to spot the disease even ...

Mansfield resident Tadd Crosslin is one of the first patients in the U.S. to receive a successful lung transplant with the help of new lung preservation technology. The "lungs in a fridge" tech ...

There are several types of lung transplant procedures: (1) single-lung, either left or right; (2) bilateral-sequential; (3) double-lung en bloc; and (4) heart-lung. The underlying disease and ...

After being diagnosed with terminal colorectal cancer which spread to his lungs, he's one of a dozen people who received a successful double-lung transplant through groundbreaking technology last ...

A medical student who had a hand transplant after losing several limbs to meningitis has said the surgery changed her life. Becca Heritage was diagnosed with meningococcal septicaemia during her ...

Lung biopsy is a relatively frequently performed procedure with considerable benefit for patient management but it may, on rare occasions, result in the death of the patient. It is a multidisciplinary ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, marking a major step forward in cross-species ...

FDA Approves Clinical Trials for Pig Kidney Transplants in Humans By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...

Since the 1990s, a race-based method for assessing kidney function placed many Black patients lower on the transplant waitlist. However, thousands of these patients were moved up the list in ...

Air pollution is fuelling a rise in the most common form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in Southeast Asia particularly hard, according to a study published on Tuesday ...

Hair loss is no longer an issue exclusive to older generations; millennials are now leading the trend in hair transplants. These procedures help restore hairlines and confidence, particularly for ...

The Food and Drug Administration has given two biotechnology companies approval for clinical trials that will transplant organs from genetically modified pigs into patients with kidney failure ...