For the first time, researchers have created lungs in the lab and successfully transplanted them into pigs. These bioengineered lungs, described online August 1 in Science Translational Medicine ...

A Texas A&M Veterinary Education, Research, & Outreach (VERO) program-led research team is studying whether artificial ...

Pigs are used because they initially show a high ... Research is also being conducted on the transplantation of livers and lungs, of joint cells and islet cells for people with diabetes, as ...

Pigs are moderately susceptible to infection with a bovine-derived H5N1 avian influenza virus but don't spread it to other ...

Mechanical ventilators save lives, but they may also be causing hidden damage. A groundbreaking study reveals that the ...

From left, MMI student Cedrah Abdulrahman and Susquehanna County CTC students Olivia Galella and Laci Ayotte inspect real pig ...

Recently, his group analyzed protein-coding RNA transcripts isolated from single cells and fluid collected from the lungs of PRRSV-infected pigs. They monitored immune cell alterations triggered ...

Using a pig model of ARDS, the team examined how ventilator energy is transferred and dissipated in the lungs. The researchers found that reducing this type of energy dissipation led to rapid recovery ...

A pig’s heart beating in a human? This medical feat has already been achieved – at least for a short time. Kidneys from animals have also been transplanted. Last year, a 62-year-old man lived ...

A research team is studying whether artificial intelligence (AI) could play a supportive role in the evaluation of respiratory disease in pigs.