Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Artificial lungs kept a man alive until he could get a transplant


A new artificial lung system might keep people without lungs alive for weeks. Like real lungs, tubes and pumps oxygenate blood and maintain blood flow.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Science News

Read more on:

Photo of Man

Man

Photo of transplant

transplant

Photo of Artificial lungs

Artificial lungs

Related news:

News photo

Red tattoo ink causes man to lose all his hair and stop sweating

News photo

New study shows how the spleen helps the immune system accept a transplant - EurekAlert!

News photo

A Man Who Shunned Cheap Sentiment Left a Gift for Others: Life