Donated lungs will be kept alive for up to six hours before transplant
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"Donated lungs will be kept alive for up to six hours before transplant" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 6 articles from 6 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Medscape, The Independent, National Health Executive and Health Tech World. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 95d ago.
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Coverage (6)
- NICE Recommends Lung Machine to Ease Donor Shortage Medscape · 97d ago
- Machine that keeps lungs alive outside the body set for NHS use The Independent · 97d ago
- NICE backs groundbreaking technology that could transform transplant access across England National Health Executive · 97d ago
- Machine that keeps organs alive outside the body could improve low transplantation rates Health Tech World · 97d ago
- Machine that keeps lungs alive outside body could increase NHS transplants The Guardian · 97d ago
- Donated lungs will be kept alive for up to six hours before transplant The Telegraph · 97d ago
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