A multi-institutional team led by University of Washington scientists have engineered a new vaccine platform combining mRNA ...

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

Studies show vaping raises the number of ACE2 receptors: the doorway COVID uses to attack. That means higher risk and slower ...

A team led by Neil King, a biochemistry professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, is now exploring a new ...

STAT Wunderkind Sydney Ramirez is revealing the immune system in our nasal passages and working toward better disease ...

The increasing knowledge of barrier tissue-resident memory macrophages and trained innate immunity (TII) will help develop both nontarget-specific and target-specific TII-based vaccine strategies.

Analysis - As colder months set in, respiratory infections begin to climb: everything from the common cold and flu to COVID-19. It's a time when healthy lungs matter more than ever. Yet the very ...

New antiviral drugs in development could offer the strongest line of defense yet against COVID-19 and other coronaviruses, ...

Scientists have already run studies to show the effect vaping has on the lungs, but now a professor explains the habit 'opens ...

When it comes to the common cold and flu, we tend not to take respiratory illnesses seriously. While cold and flu-like symptoms can be caused by bacteria, they are far more likely to be viral ...