From struggling to cross a room to planning international travel, doctors say the survivor’s recovery highlights both the ...

From breathless to breathing freely. NASA engineer and mother Jodi Graf is grateful to celebrate another Mother’s Day after undergoing an innovative procedure to treat her terminal lung cancer. Now, ...

A 20-year-old Riverside County woman credits BTS music with helping her cope emotionally and mentally during a painful recovery from a double lung transplant. Diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension as ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. - A young woman is crediting her healing and recovery from a double lung transplant to an unusual source — the globally popular and versatile sound of BTS, the K-pop supergroup.

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At the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 46th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, held from 22–25 April at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, ON, Canada ...

A 7-year-old girl is recovering after a double lung transplant caused by a rare disease called PVOD. Here’s what doctors say about the condition. TULSA, Okla. - Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) ...

Temple Lung Center surgeons performed 179 lung transplants in 2025, the most ever completed in a single year at any institution in the United States. The milestone underscores the scale and expertise ...

A critically ill 33-year-old man survived an almost unimaginable scenario—living for 48 hours without lungs—thanks to a groundbreaking surgical approach. After a severe flu-triggered infection ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Lung transplants across the U.S. have hit record highs in recent years. However, a local hospital has set its own milestone. 2025 was the busiest year yet for Temple Health's ...

A new study from researchers at WashU Medicine has identified lymphatic vessels and their cargo — a sugar molecule called hyaluronan (shown in pink) — as critical drivers of chronic rejection in ...

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago were able to keep a critically ill patient alive for 48 hours after removing both of his lungs, the hospital reported last week. The patient, a 33-year-old ...