Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have collaborated in an effort to create a technique in animal models that allows the abdominal cavity to perform the function of ...

New imaging reveals how subtle lung changes may influence sleep and brain activity years after COVID, offering clues to why symptoms persist even when routine tests look normal. Even without ...

Scientists from Imperial College London have successfully directed mouse stem cells to turn into the type of cells needed for gas exchange in lungs, bringing the prospect of being able to regenerate ...

Easy breathing depends on the millions of delicate, air-filled sacs, known as alveoli, that are the site of gaseous exchange in the lungs. Each alveolus is composed of two distinct epithelial cell ...

We know ozone is bad for our lungs – the increased risk of developing diseases such as asthma was one of the reasons people wore face masks during January’s record-breaking smog in China. But exactly ...

Acute respiratory failure in newborn infants is often caused by surfactant deficiency and/or inactivation. These changes in surfactant result in alveolar collapse and subsequent hypoxia and ...