The only cure for pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, COPD, what Leonard Nimoy just died of, is a lung transplant, but sadly, there are only enough available lungs for 2,000 people in the U.S. a year to get a lung transplant, whereas nearly a half million people a year die of end-stage lung failure.
唯一能治愈肺动脉高压，肺纤维化， 囊性纤维化，肺气肿， 慢性阻塞性肺病 ——伦纳德 尼莫尔刚刚死于这个病， 只有进行肺移植， 但可悲的是，在美国， 每年可用于移植的肺 只够两千人进行手术， 而每年有将近五十万人 死于晚期肺功能衰竭。