Humans can't live without lungs, but Ankit Bharat's patient did for 48 hours.

For two days, the patient lived as a human being with no lungs, stabilized by a machine that breathed and buffered his ...

In 2023 thoracic surgeon Ankit Bharat was working at Northwestern Memorial Hospital when he was drafted to help a 33-year-old ...

A patient has survived for two days on externally oxygenated blood in the gap between their diseased lungs being removed and ...

Investigators involved in a multicenter study co-led by Cedars-Sinai discovered a pathway by which immune cells prevent the lungs' protective barrier from healing after viral infections like COVID-19.

Surgeons report a case in which artificial lungs kept a man alive for 48 hours after both lungs were removed, allowing time for a transplant.

Researchers have discovered a pathway by which immune cells prevent the lungs' protective barrier from healing after viral infections like COVID-19. Investigators involved in a multicenter study ...

The female hormone progesterone, which is found in most hormone-based birth control, can expedite the healing process for lung cells harmed by an influenza infection, according to a new study ...

Mason Schuster died by suicide at age 19, but his organs were used to help others, including Robbie Knutson, of South Dakota, who was preparing to die from emphysema. Jean Schuster uses a stethoscope ...

Investigators involved in a multicenter study co-led by Cedars-Sinai discovered a pathway by which immune cells prevent the lungs’ protective barrier from healing after viral infections like COVID-19.