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Clemens Aigner on the ESTS Board of Directors

Medicine & Science, People of the MedUni Vienna

Clemens Aigner, Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Head of the CCCD, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the European Society…

Microplastics can cause malignant changes in lung cells

Medicine & Science

A study conducted at the Translational Thoracic Oncology Laboratory has demonstrated for the first time that MNPs (microplastics and nanoplastics) can…

Horizon Programm „LifeLUNG“

Medicine & Science, People of the MedUni Vienna

Within the Horizon Program, the EU is funding the LifeLUNG project, which focuses on the genetic modification of donor lungs, with a total budget of…

ORF2 Mayr's Magazine: Lung Cancer – Early Detection Saves Lives

Medicine & Science

As part of ORF2's Mayr’s Magazine”, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Clemens Aigner, Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery, points out that lung cancer is often…

DerStandard: Rising rates of lung cancer in non-smokers

Medicine & Science

Lung cancer no longer affects only smokers. Recent findings show that air pollution is playing an increasingly important role in the development of…

Milestone in Lung Transplantation Medicine: Reduction of rejections and infections thanks to extracorporeal Photopheresis

Medicine & Science

The first prospective, randomized, and controlled study on the use of extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) in lung transplantation has been published by…