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Artificial Lungs

Polymer membrane for more efficient ECMO
“. . . researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP) in Germany have [MORE]

Bioengineered Lungs Transplanted into Pigs

UTMB researchers transplant bioengineered lung
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston) have shown that they could, in pigs, [MORE]

Lab Grown Lungs Successfully Transplanted in Mice

Mice
Using a biodegradable scaffold, bioengineers at the University of Michigan have successfully grown miniature lung tissue from human stem cells [MORE]

Lab-Engineered Lungs

Lungs
Bioengineers at Arizona State University have conducted lung regeneration studies that look promising. They describe it as this: “The idea [MORE]

“Breathing Lung” Transplant at UPMC

Tagline for April 30 reported on the first automated liver profusion device, which allows a liver to remain “alive” [MORE]

Breathing Microspheres

Injectable Oxygen
In emergency situations, where a person’s lungs have filled with a liquid (e.g. pneumonia), life saving oxygen flow [MORE]

Regenerating Lung Tissue

Most of the attention in regenerative medicine has gone to stem cell strategies, but investigators at Weill Cornell have [MORE]