Vanderbilt University Medical Center: System Repairs Donor Lungs for Transplantation
April 07, 2023
April 07, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 7 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Only 20% of donor lungs are in sufficient condition for transplantation, which means that many people die every day while waiting on the transplant list. Discovering new ways to increase the supply of donor lungs is an urgent problem and is desperately needed to save lives of patients with chronic lung disease.
A Vanderbilt team has discovered that donor lungs rejec . . .
Only 20% of donor lungs are in sufficient condition for transplantation, which means that many people die every day while waiting on the transplant list. Discovering new ways to increase the supply of donor lungs is an urgent problem and is desperately needed to save lives of patients with chronic lung disease.
A Vanderbilt team has discovered that donor lungs rejec . . .