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For the parents of Sarah Murnaghan, 10, who is dying of cystic fibrosis at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the bottom line seems heartbreakingly simple: She should be offered the first suitable lungs that become available, whether the donor is a child or adult.

And a few weeks ago, Gordon's friend started a social network fundraiser to help raise money for his transplant costs.

Unlike recent stories of lung transplants that The Courier-Tribune has done on area residents Patti Benedict and David Allred, who have battled cystic fibrosis for the better part of their lives, Baldwin began having lung problems when she was in her mid-30s. "I had smoked since I was 12 or 13 years old," she said.

From left: Steve Wolcott with his wife, Beatrice Wolcott, Monica Wagner and Mike Wagner at the Bike Night fundrasing event held for Beatrice at the Wi... A least 200 people attended the fundraising event held for Beatrice Wolcott at the Wine and Beer Garden in Old Town Temecula on Thursday, May 16, 2013... Beatrice Wolcott took an emotional moment ... (more)

A local transplant doctor is trying to raise awareness to the need for suitable lungs to save patient's lives.

The majority of older patients admitted to hospital are malnourished or at risk of becoming malnourished.

David Voelker, a New Orleans businessman who took on a prominent role in state rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina, died Tuesday of complications following a lung transplant.

Lung transplant and heart-lung transplant represent surgical options for treating medically refractory idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension .

A woman with cystic fibrosis, who survived childbirth and a double-lung transplant five years ago, is living proof that miracles can happen not once, but twice.

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International urology and nephrology , Vol. 43, No. 2. , pp. 581-584, doi:10.1007/s11255-010-9755-2 Thrombotic microangiopathy in renal transplantation generally develops during treatment with calcineurin inhibitors.

" The Power of Two ," a documentary offering an intimate look at the lives of twin sisters Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes and their battle with cystic fibrosis , will be available on the web for viewers in the United States tomorrow through June 30.

"Here was the trouble with navigating cystic fibrosis: no one we knew had been there, no one could tell us what to do.

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On June 26, 1996, Lynn and Fitzgerald McQueen welcomed their son Gerald into the world.

A Cranston woman was nearing death just a few months ago, but she's now breathing a little easier after a double lung transplant recently.

When Bobby Richer was coming out of the fog of a surgery that had stretched well past 14 hours he knew just two things - he was alive, and he could feel the touch of his mother's hand on his arm.

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A Cranston woman was nearing death just a few months ago, but she's now breathing a little easier after a double lung transplant recently.

COMFORT FROM A FRIEND: Kayla Gilbert is resting comfortably with her precious pup Owen James in North Carolina following a living donor lung transplant in January.