Doctors at Kyoto University Hospital performed the world's first living lung transplant. The patient, whose lungs were damaged after contracting COVID-19, received parts of healthy lungs from her husband and son.
There is now hope that this procedure could cut waiting times for other patients in need of transplants.
Phoebe Amoroso reports.
IN: Doctors at Kyoto University Hospital
OUT: Phoebe Amoroso, Tokyo
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