The doctors faced a dilemma: The patient’s lungs were fueling the infection, but he was too sick to undergo a transplant ...

The external, artificial-lung system could be used to treat other people who are critically unwell and awaiting transplants.

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

LONDON, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- A groundbreaking case published this week in the journal Med reported the successful use of an external, artificial lung system to sustain a critically ill patient for 48 ...

In a new leap for neurobiology and bioelectronics, Northwestern University scientists have developed a wireless device that uses light to send information directly to the brain—bypassing the body's ...

Surgeons report a case in which artificial lungs kept a man alive for 48 hours after both lungs were removed, allowing time for a transplant.

A series of interviews conducted jointly by the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, the National Museum of American History, and the National Library of Medicine. The interviews are of ...

A team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota has 3D printed lifelike artificial organ models that mimic the exact anatomical structure, mechanical properties, and look and feel of real ...