#QuizOfTheDay: Tuberculosis is a potentially serious infectious bacterial disease that mainly affects the #Lungs.

Who discovered the #Bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) causing #Tuberculosis? #WorldTuberculosisDay

A. Ronald Ross
B. Edward Jenner
C. Robert Koch
D. Louis Pasteur

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/quiz?qId=605b54e59a27a0d5362fb36d

It is pollen season and it got me thinking about lungs...and flowers...and spring!

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/just-breathe-lung-art-human-body-anatomy-organ-illustration-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #fediart #mastoart #handmade #handmadeart #lungs #breathing #pollen #spring #springtime #flower #flowers #floral #botanical #humans #human #body #organ #medicine #medical #figure #SharonCummingsArt #colorful #fun #cute #mandalas #mandala

The #Mystery of #Dinosaur Origins Takes a #Tropical #Twist : Medium

When Using #AI Leads to “#Brain #Fry” : HBR

#Alzheimer’s may start with #Inflammation in the #Skin, #Lungs or #Gut : New Sci

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🫁 Custom machine kept man alive without lungs for 48 hours

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/custom-machine-kept-man-alive-without-lungs-for-48-hours/

#healthcare #medicine #lungs #ecmo #hospital #surgery #transplant

"Humans can’t live without lungs. And yet for 48 hours, in a surgical suite at Northwestern University, a 33-year-old man lived with an empty cavity in his chest where his lungs used to be."

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/custom-machine-kept-man-alive-without-lungs-for-48-hours/

#Surgery #Health #Lungs

also in miracle news o_0

"A custom built artificial lung system kept a patient alive long enough to enable a double lung transplant. The surgery involved temporarily replacing the patient's entire pulmonary system with a synthetic surrogate. The patient lived for two days without #lungs. They received donor lungs after 48 hours, when their body was no longer suffering from #sepsis. The patient has returned to a normal, independent life with excellent lung function."

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/custom-machine-kept-man-alive-without-lungs-for-48-hours

never before appreciated physical location of my heart wrt other organs as much as while reading ...

Custom machine kept man alive without #lungs for 48 hours: Infections had turned his lungs to soup and had to be cleared before transplant, 20260129,
by Jacek K,
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/custom-machine-kept-man-alive-without-lungs-for-48-hours/

#acuteRespiratoryDistressSyndrome #ARDS #bacterialInfection #health #humanPhysiology