Custom machine kept man alive without lungs 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 ...
Futurism

Scientists Just Transplanted a Pig Lung Into a Human for the First Time

For the first time in history, scientists in China have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human patient. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature, the team of ...
Popular Mechanics

Surgeons Put a Pig Lung Inside a Human Body—and It Survived for 9 Days

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Surgeons in China successfully ...
CNN

For the first time, a genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man

A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly published report. There has been some recent success transplanting pig kidneys ...
Phys.org

Soap's maze-solving skills could unlock secrets of the human body

An international team of scientists have discovered that soap could be important to helping our understanding of complex systems in the human body, such as lungs, and improving therapies for ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Medical Students Are Learning Anatomy From Digital Cadavers. Can Technology Ever Replace Real Human Bodies?

From interactive diagrams to A.I. assistants, virtual tools are beginning to supplant physical dissections in some classrooms Students learn anatomy from an Asclepius AI Table, which merges ...