The 3D-Lung tumor model helps researchers to test medications. Credit: Fraunhofer IGB
What medications can be used to treat lung cancer, and how effective are they?
Until now, drug companies have had to rely on animal testing to find out. But in the future, a new 3D model lung is set to achieve more precise results and ultimately minimize – or even completely replace – animal testing.
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- Family more grateful this Thanksgiving after the flu nearly killed daughter. 'I could be dead'on November 28, 2019 at 4:10 am
An extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, or ECMO, is a heart-lung bypass device that pumps and oxygenates blood outside of a patient’s body. It uses an artificial lung, allowing the patient’s ...
- A CLOSER LOOK: Teen’s “popcorn lung” may be related to adding THC to vaping fluidon November 21, 2019 at 1:28 pm
He was placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine — a pump used to circulate blood through an artificial lung back into the bloodstream, according to the American Thoracic Society ...
- Is This the First Case of “Popcorn Lung” Caused by Vaping?on November 21, 2019 at 10:35 am
Initially, the teen’s symptoms began with a sharp cough. His condition quickly deteriorated, and once he got to a hospital, doctors put him on an ECMO machine, which pumps blood into the body via an ...
- Vaping May Cause a Rare Condition Known as 'Popcorn Lung,' New Case Report Suggestson November 21, 2019 at 4:00 am
The teen's condition soon worsened, and he was admitted to the intensive care unit. His lungs were so damaged that he had to be placed on an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machine, which ...
- Canadian vaper, 17, suffers a new type of e-cigarette illness dubbed 'popcorn lung'on November 21, 2019 at 1:06 am
He was hooked up to a ventilator, but his condition continued to deteriorate. Over the next two weeks, he was placed on life support and an artificial lung was needed to pump oxygen through his body.
- Watch out for 'feather duvet lung': Man, 43, is left with severe lung inflammation 'after having an allergic reaction to feather-filled bedding'on November 18, 2019 at 3:30 pm
He had to be hooked up to life support in intensive care when his vital organs failed and an artificial lung was needed to pump oxygen through his body. The teenager, from Nottingham, is believed to ...
- British teenager almost died from lung failure after vapingon November 12, 2019 at 1:36 am
He became so ill that he was put on a type of life support, extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (Ecmo), which is an exterior artificial lung that puts oxygen into the blood and pumps it around the ...
- UK teen almost died from severe lung failure linked to vapingon November 11, 2019 at 3:41 pm
Ewan was treated for hypersensitivity pneumonitis – a type of allergic reaction to something breathed in which results in inflammation of the lung tissue. He became so ill that an exterior artificial ...
- British teenager almost died from lung failure after vapingon November 11, 2019 at 3:33 pm
Doctors have issued a warning over vaping after a British teenager almost died from serious respiratory failure linked to e-cigarettes. Ewan Fisher, who turns 19 on Tuesday, was treated at Nottingham ...
- Researchers develop an artificial lung that fits in a backpackon November 4, 2019 at 4:00 pm
Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh developed an artificial lung that can be carried in a patient’s backpack. Trials have so far shown that the device works on sheep and could offer relief and ...
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