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Patient lives for 48 hours after surgeons take out both lungs at Northwestern

Patient lives for 48 hours after surgeons take out both lungs at Northwestern

Surgeons Achieve Breakthrough in Lung Surgery Surgeons at Northwestern Medical School in Chicago announced a remarkable feat last week: they managed to keep a critically ill patient alive for 48 hours after removing both lungs. The patient, a 33-year-old from Missouri whose identity remains undisclosed, arrived at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in the spring of 2023 […]

Man undergoes historic first transplant of pig lungs.

Man undergoes historic first transplant of pig lungs.

Chinese Man Receives Pig Lungs in Landmark Transplant A 39-year-old man has become the first recipient of lungs from a genetically modified pig, according to a report published in the Nature Journal on August 26. The groundbreaking transplant was performed last year at the first affiliated hospital of Guangdong Medical University in China. The patient, […]

Man in China Admitted to Hospital for Collapsed Lungs Following Acupuncture Treatment

Man Escapes Death After Unlicensed Acupuncture Treatment in China A man in Henan province, China, had a close brush with death after receiving acupuncture from an unlicensed practitioner. He was seeking alternative treatment for benign tumors, encouraged by his wife’s suggestions. This practitioner misidentified the man’s tumor as a harmless “air bump,” suggesting that acupuncture […]