Plans to create and license diagnostic tools to help transplant surgeons rapidly and accurately assess the health of a lung before it is transplanted are the basis of two research and development agreements between SQI Diagnostics and Toronto’s University Health Network (UHN), in Canada. There is a significant gap between the…

For pulmonary hypertension patients who are not responding to treatment and whose condition is getting progressively worse, a lung transplant or a heart and lung transplant may be an option. A successful transplant can significantly improve a PH patient’s quality of life and extend their life expectancy, however, transplant patients…

In this video from the Mayo Clinic, pulmonologist Dr. Charles Burger explains what the chronic lung disease, pulmonary hypertension is. Dr. Burger explains that pulmonary hypertension (PH) differs from regular hypertension because the blood pressure is high in the lungs which in turn makes the right side of the heart…

In this TedXTalks video shared in December 2012, American-born soprano singer Charity Tillemann-Dick talks about being diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension and undergoing two double lung transplants. Find out more about what to expect when recovering from a lung transplant. The 33-year-old from Denver, Colorado explains that…

In this recent Gifted Life video, watch Lauren answer some important questions about her life after she got her lung transplant. Did she get any habits or personality from her donor? How does it feel to have someone else’s organ in her? Find out…

Lungs are vital organs. They allow the body to take in oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide, which is what we call respirations. Sometimes the immune system does not react well to the new lungs after a lung transplant. Watch the video to learn more about this.