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'Lung washing' May Up Transplants

Posted May 30, 2012 10:49 AM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

Washing lungs before they are transplanted could increase the number of organs suitable for donation, according to doctors in Newcastle.

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05/30/2012 11:52 AM

I thought they were already doing this, so I'm surprised to learn they don't.

What I'm concerned about, for a long time now, is that we smokers, after being hunted and blocked from almost everywhere; don't want to quit. We know is harmful, we have seen horrible images of the damage caused by smoking, but we just won't quit, we like smoking and we have a hard time trying to quit.

Is there any posibility to perform the same operation in-vivo? It would be great to get rid of all that tar in our lungs, I know they won't be able to open any vessels, but a good rinse that dissolves all that build-up would give us a much better quality of life, and the oportunity to keep on supporting the tobacco industries and all the jobs that depend on them.

About the oxigen supply during the operation, well, they can give us a dialysis with all the oxigen necesary.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one... now, excuse me while I smoke one, real quick.

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05/31/2012 9:25 AM

Hi Yahlasit, You forgot all the taxes that the government gets from the tobacco industry, while at the same time they are trying to get everyone to quit smoking, I just don't believe it!!!

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05/31/2012 10:07 AM

I agree with you Yahlasit I've been wondering why something like a solvent inhalation could be used to dissolve tars and other built up gunk. Give us smokers a few more years.

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