Ever think about breathing through your butt? Me neither. But Ryo Okabe and the Takebe lab certainly do and together they have developed a system where, you can, indeed, breath through your butt. Crazy.

In this episode, Bonnie takes us through this year's landmark study on butt breathing and how this could potentially be a new therapy for patients with respiratory failure.

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Links:

Mammalian enteral ventilation ameliorates respiratory failure: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.04.004

Graphical abstract: https://bit.ly/2WPYNm5