Researchers issue warning on overlooked hazard that can harm human lungs — here's what you need to know

Published in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, the study found that inhaling tiny plastic particles — ...
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First Pig-to-Human Lung Transplant Marks Milestone in Xenotransplantation—But Surgeons Have Many More Questions

Scientists announced this week that they have managed to keep a genetically modified pig lung alive inside a human body—although briefly—for the first time. The lung survived for nine days, marking ...
Science Daily

This tiny lung-on-a-chip could predict—and fight—the next pandemic

Scientists at Kyoto University have developed a groundbreaking "lung-on-a-chip" that can mimic the distinct regions of human lungs—airways and alveoli—to study how viruses like COVID-19 affect them ...
UC San Francisco

How Our Lungs Back Up the Bone Marrow to Make Our Blood

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...
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First Ever Gene Edited Pig Lung Transplant Into A Human Offers Valuable Insights

The post First Ever Gene Edited Pig Lung Transplant Into A Human Offers Valuable Insights first on TwistedSifter. Organ ...
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Hidden toxins in e-cigarette fluids may harm lung cells

UC Riverside research reveals that common vaping ingredient can form chemicals that damage airway tissue even at low levels ...
STAT

Gene-edited pig lung transplanted into a brain-dead patient for first time

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...
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Can we breathe through our intestines? First human trial suggests it might be possible

Researchers in Japan have completed the first human trial of a groundbreaking method that may allow people to absorb oxygen ...
Medical Xpress

Lung-on-a-chip with working immune system protects itself like a living organ

Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt researchers have built the first lung-on-a-chip with a working immune system, a breakthrough with the potential to reshape how we study disease, move beyond animal testing, ...

List of Organs in a Human Body

The human body has 78 organs, with the brain, heart, kidneys, liver, and lungs considered vital for survival. The article ...