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The day after my husband, Daniel, was told that he was dying and would need a heart transplant, I came into the bedroom to find him face down on the …

Lawmakers are taking extra steps to ensure organ donor safety. Under House Bill 510, organ donation must be stopped if any signs of life are detected, which is a standard medical …

By replacing both breathing and circulatory buffering, a novel artificial lung bought critical time after lung removal, revealed irreversible damage, and made transplantation possible when no other options remained. Study: …

Surgeons at work on the double lung transplant. Credit: Northwestern Medicine In the spring of 2023, a 33-year-old man arrived at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago with lungs that were rapidly …

In spring 2023, a 33-year-old male patient diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the United States. The patient’s condition escalated into necrotizing …

Artificial lung system For the sickest acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients, clinicians often rely on prolonged life support and time, hoping the lungs can recover. …

Doctors in Chicago saved the life of a young Missouri man with a rare infection that had liquefied his lungs, hooking him up to what they have called a total …

In a remarkable act of life preservation, surgeons were able to keep a critically ill man alive for 48 hours without a pair of lungs, while he waited for a …

X-rays show a 33-year-old patient’s new lungs (left) and old lungs (right).Credit: Northwestern Medicine A 33-year-old man survived for 48 hours without his lungs, after a medical team replaced the …

January 29, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd Science Doctors keep patient alive using ‘artificial lungs’ for two days Novel artificial lungs could help keep people whose lungs …