Credit:
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic/Columbia Engineering
Photographic, radiographic and thermographic images of injured lungs recovered with extracorporeal cross-circulation. Lungs subjected to this novel therapy demonstrated normal function: perfusion, ventilation and gas exchange - after being outside of the body for 56 hours-- and could be effectively treated with drugs and therapeutic stem cells. Lung recovery over 36 hours is shown.