In the human body, the lungs and their vasculature can be likened to a building with an intricate plumbing system. The lungs' blood vessels are the pipes essential for transporting blood and nutrients ...

Fibrosis of the lungs is often a silent disease until it's too late. By the time patients are diagnosed, the scarring of their lung tissue is already advanced, and current treatments offer little more ...

How do pathogens invade the lungs? Using human lung microtissues, a team at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has uncovered the strategy used by a dangerous pathogen. The bacterium targets ...

Background Protein availability critically influences innate immune reactivity and the extent of immune-mediated tissue ...

Scientists have shown that their steerable lung robot can autonomously maneuver the intricacies of the lung, while avoiding important lung structures. Lung cancer is the leading cause of ...

Led by NYU Langone Health researchers, a new study shows how blood cancer cells enter the lungs, damage tissue and cause ...

It took a broke medical student, a $20 fish tank, and a radical idea that could one day turn failed organs into brand-new ...

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) does more than infiltrate the lungs: it also transforms lung tissue to create an inflammatory ...

Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has undergone a lung transplant to treat a progressive disease. What to know.

How do pathogens invade the lungs? Using human lung microtissues, a team has uncovered the strategy used by a dangerous pathogen. The bacterium targets specific lung cells and has developed a ...