Scientists grow new lungs using 'skeletons' of old ones
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 17:50
in Health & Medicine
For someone with a severe, incurable lung disorder such as cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a lung transplant may be the only chance for survival. Unfortunately, it's often not a very good chance. Matching donor lungs are rare, and many would-be recipients die waiting for the transplants that could save their lives.