What if scientists could build a realistic model of the human lung, not full-sized, but grown in the lab from living cells?

Take a deep breath. As air travels through your nose and mouth into your lungs, it brings oxygen into the body. To find out exactly how it all works, I talked to my friend Kim Chiok, a researcher at ...

Hadi Nia, Ph.D. wanted to learn about the inner workings of the lung in a way nobody had, but he knew he’d need something close to a crystal ball to see what was really happening. That idea, it turns ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are investigating how mechanical forces—such as stretching and changes in tissue stiffness—influence viral infection rates in the lungs to understand ...

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

Lung disease is a general term for several disorders that include airway diseases, lung tissue diseases, and lung circulation diseases, some of which may lead to respiratory failure. During the course ...

How Does Yervoy Work for Lung Cancer? Some cancer cells have what are called checkpoint proteins on their cell surface. The immune cells in our body also have proteins on their surface. When these ...

Ventilators can assist with lung function for those with severe respiratory infections, and it's often necessary in the ICU.

Lupus affects different people in different ways. Many people with lupus have problems with the heart, lungs, and blood. How does lupus affect the heart, lungs, and blood? Your heart, blood vessels, ...