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New monitoring technology could help identify more donor lungs for transplantation

Researchers develop device that continuously tracks key indicators of lung health, providing transplant teams with more detailed information than current hourly testing. An organ to be used in transplant surgery being kept in a secure case (Getty Images/sturti).

New monitoring technology could help identify more donor lungs for transplantation

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Researchers develop device that continuously tracks key indicators of lung health, providing transplant teams with more detailed information than current hourly testing.

An organ to be used in transplant surgery being kept in a secure case (Getty Images/sturti).

More than three-quarters of donated lungs offered for transplantation are not used, according to the UK's National […]

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Researchers develop device that continuously tracks key indicators of lung health, providing transplant teams with more detailed information than current hourly testing. An organ to be used in transplant surgery being kept in a secure case (Getty Images/sturti). More than three-quarters of donated lungs offered for transplantation are not used, according to the UK's National […]

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