Young athlete facing ‘certain death’ from vaping-related injury gets double lung transplant

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‘What I saw in his lungs is like nothing I’ve seen before,’ says transplant doctor of 20 years

A vaping-related lung disease has claimed the lives of 11 people in the US in recent weeks. The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has more than 100 officials investigating the cause of the mystery illness, and has warned citizens against smoking e-cigarette products until more is known, particularly if modified or bought “off the street”Researchers in the US claim to have overcome one of the major hurdles to cultivating human follicles from stem cells.

 

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Breathing a chemical cocktail deep into one's lungs is an exceptionally bad idea. We don't need to exacerbate the severe organ shortage vaping

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