In Astounding Test, Scientists Revive Damaged Lungs for Transplant

In Astounding Test, Scientists Revive Damaged Lungs for Transplant

Injured and unusable lungs were restored with respirators and pig blood.  The procedure one day may increase the supply of organs for transplant.
Xenogeneic Cross-Circulation for Extracorporeal Recovery of Injured Human Lungs

Xenogeneic Cross-Circulation for Extracorporeal Recovery of Injured Human Lungs

Here we demonstrate that acutely injured human lungs declined for transplantation, including a lung that failed to recover on EVLP, can be recovered by cross-circulation of whole blood between explanted human lungs and a Yorkshire...
How to Use a Live Pig to Revitalize a Human Lung

How to Use a Live Pig to Revitalize a Human Lung

Unusual method could increase the supply of lungs available for transplantation.
Connecting Donated Human Lungs to Pigs Repaired Damage to the Organs, Scientists Report

Connecting Donated Human Lungs to Pigs Repaired Damage to the Organs, Scientists Report

For people who need a lung transplant, the wait is often prolonged by the frustrating fact that most donor organs have to be discarded: Only 20% of donated lungs meet medical criteria for transplantation, translating...
Xylyx Bio Releases Advanced Disease Model System to Improve Cancer Drug Discovery

Xylyx Bio Releases Advanced Disease Model System to Improve Cancer Drug Discovery

The IN SITE™ Metastasis Kit provides key features of the cancer microenvironment to increase predictiveness and improve decision making in development of anti-cancer drugs
Interview with John O’Neil, Chief Scientific Officer of Xylyx

Interview with John O’Neil, Chief Scientific Officer of Xylyx

An inspiration and candid conversation between Dr. Mayasari Lim and upcoming 3DHEALS2020 speaker John O’Neil, Chief Scientific Officer of Xylyx, a New York-based startup focusing on creating the perfect cell environment for a variety of biotech process including biofabrication/bioprinting,...
Multiday Maintenance of Extracorporeal Lungs Using Cross-Circulation With Conscious Swine

Multiday Maintenance of Extracorporeal Lungs Using Cross-Circulation With Conscious Swine

Lung remains the least-utilized solid organ for transplantation. Efforts to recover donor lungs with reversible injuries using ex vivo perfusion systems are limited to <24 hours of support. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of extending normothermic extracorporeal...
Evolving Tools for Accelerating 3D Cell Culture Workflows

Evolving Tools for Accelerating 3D Cell Culture Workflows

Increasingly, innovations are streamlining 3D cultures workflows.
Toxic Beauty

Toxic Beauty

A whistleblower, her lawyer, world-class scientists, cancer survivors and those who have lost their lives, strip a dominant pharmaceutical company of all credibility in this powerful documentary film while exposing the hard truths about dangerous,...