“屁股呼吸”或可为需要氧气的患者提供帮助

As a medical doctor and stem cell biologist, Takebe spends most of his time trying to develop lab-made livers to treat organ failure. His side quest to explore backside breathing began several years ago, when his father caught pneumonia and had to be put on a ventilator. “I was really shocked by how invasive it is,” says Takebe, of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio and the University of Osaka in Japan. He wondered if there was a way to help patients get oxygen into the body without involving the lungs. Inspiration struck when a graduate student brought in a book that described how various animals get oxygen through their skin, genitals or guts. …