As colder months set in, respiratory infections begin to climb: everything from the common cold and flu to COVID-19. It's a ...

Lung diseases like tuberculosis and cystic fibrosis can be difficult to treat. In part, that's because the two-dimensional models researchers use to study the diseases don't accurately reflect the ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

The University of Birmingham leads £1.55m research to assess the long-term effects of vaping on respiratory cells, immunity, ...

UCLA researchers have created the first lung organoids with organotypic blood vessel networks, marking a major advancement in modeling how lungs naturally develop in the human body. The vascularized ...

Scientists connect a genetically modified pig lung to a brain-dead human; it functioned for nine days before being rejected.

A research team has determined that severe obesity causes the lungs to age faster. The team was led by Prof. Dr. Veronika ...

Sarah Murnaghan has had two lung transplants. The first one failed. June 28, 2013— -- The 10-year-old girl whose parents successfully fought a rule preventing her from qualifying for adult lungs ...

“When we blocked chitinase-like proteins in mice, we were able to reverse some of the damage,” said Dr. Tara Sutherland, lead ...

Scientists in China have reported transplanting a genetically modified pig lung into a human. The 39-year-old patient was a brain dead individual and the lungs were viable and functioning for nine ...

Every year on September 25th, the world celebrates World Lung Day. This day reminds us how important our lungs are and how quickly they can be weakened by pollution, smoking, and a changing climate.