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A new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that For the first time, differences in lung transplant outcomes from organs retrieved from two types of deceased organ …

Lung transplant rates for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in the United States have fallen dramatically since the approval of Trikafta (elexacaftar/tezacaftar/ivacaftar), according to a study. However, nearly half of patients …

Since its inception, the lung transplant program at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has performed organ transplants on more than 1,600 patients. But as one of the oldest and most experienced centers in …

Surprisingly, an analysis of National Organ Donation and Transplant Network (OPTN) records showed a difference in graft survival rates between lungs retrieved from hospital-based donor care units (DCUs) and those …

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A young woman from Montgomery County is fighting desperately for her life: She needs a lung transplant but most hospitals are turning her down. Following tubing to …

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania is the first to examine differences in lung transplant outcomes from organs retrieved from two types …

Emily Weil, MD, MSc PHILADELPHIA — A new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that The study, published today, is the first to reveal differences in lung …

The new algorithm was supposed to help distribute lungs more fairly to people who desperately needed life-saving transplants. But a flaw in the process for awarding the organs to sick …

A teenage cancer patient has tragically died after being denied a vital lung transplant. Dazelle Peters, 17, who was diagnosed with leukemia four years ago, lost her life in hospital …