Scientists have achieved great success among the corona being considered as lung disease. Researchers tried this technique on six poor lungs from brain-dead (brain dead) patients. Pig blood flowed into the lungs by connecting it with a respirator device, so that it became 'alive' within 24 hours.
After this success, this experiment will be done in humans. Scientists say that most of the lungs currently donated go bad within a few hours. After the new success, more lungs will now be available for transplant. This is a transformative idea that will save patients' lives, says Dr Zachary N. Coen, a lung transplant specialist at New York University.
The results of the research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, are being considered science fiction. Researchers at Columbia and Vanderbilt University have been working to regenerate bad lungs for the past eight years. In recent research, they attached a respirator to each lung by placing it in separate plastic boxes. Then they connected them to the big tube of the throat of the pig, which caused it to flow through the blood vessels into the lungs. In a day these useless lungs got better and were found to be perfectly healthy in the laboratory.
The technology has been named Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP), which will now be used on humans. Under this, a large catheter will be inserted into the patient's throat and blood will flow to the lungs. The lungs will be in contact with the respirator placed in the room. According to the American Lung Association, only 28 per cent of donated lungs are used, and the rest go bad. According to Dr Matthew W. Basheta of Vanderbilt University, who was involved in the research, many patients will not have to remain on the waiting list if 40 per cent of donated lungs are also transplanted.
