A man from Southern California is in Chicago. He is waiting for a double-lung transplant. This man is Deron Wells. He has stage 4 lung cancer. He has been fighting for months to get this transplant. His health insurance company made things hard for him. They denied his coverage. This fight got a lot of attention online. It was a tough battle. He had to fly from Lo...

Lung transplants can be a lifesaver for people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. However, those with short telomeres face extra hurdles. Short telomeres make it tough for the body to handle certain drugs, like Mycophenolate mofetil. This drug is often given after a transplant to stop the body from rejecting the new lung. But for some patients, it can cause dangerou...

Imagine having your heart on the right and your liver on the left. This is not just a wild thought but the reality for people with situs inversus, a rare condition where major organs are flipped. When these individuals need lung transplants, especially those with Kartagener syndrome who often deal with chronic lung issues, the surgery becomes a complex puzzle. Surgeo...

Have you ever heard of a machine that can help people breathe while they're sick? One of these machines is called ECMO, which stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. It's like a big helping hand for people struggling to breathe due to lung problems. Doctors use ECMO to give these patients some extra time to get better or prepare for a lung transplant. Now, y...