The Next Medical Advancement Artificial Lung Transplant

Davina Lopez Ms.Loncono English 2 20 March 2015 The Next Medical Advancement: Artificial Lung Transplant The artificial lung is on a road to becoming the greatest thing in medical history. Over 200 million people suffer from respiratory diseases, 350,000 people a year die from lung disease and 150,000 more people require medical care for this disease. Individuals that suffer with respiratory diseases often need a caretaker to look after them if they cannot do basic things like use the restroom without gasping for air to breath or drive to the store by themselves. The artificial lung allows people to breath normally just like the lungs humans genetically possess. Also, this technology allows people to do everyday things that they could not do before. The artificial lung is not a pertinent solution but, this gives people the opportunity and gift of more time to live as they wait for a donor lungs become available. 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