Donor lungs are lungs that are given by one person to another person in need through a surgery. It is a transplant procedure where healthy lungs from someone who has died are used to replace the damaged lungs of someone else.
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This shortage of donor lungs results in the death of 20 percent of lung transplant candidates awaiting transplant. (pennmedicine.org)
The study has implications for increasing the supply of usable donor lungs available for transplant. (sciencedaily.com)
Functional repair of human donor lungs by IL - 10 gene therapy. (ersroadmap.org)