In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, a team of researchers investigated whether age-dependent changes in lung physiology make the elderly disproportionately susceptible to severe ...

A multidisciplinary team integrated clinical need, cancer biology, and microfluidic bioengineering to advance ...

Researchers say in future it may be possible to grow personalized organoids from patient’s own tissue, to test potential treatments in advance.

Human lungs on a dark background. 3D illustration. Vintage style. This story is part of a series exploring human anatomy and physiology complexities. Each story in this collection showcases ...

Differences in lung physiology and immune function in children could be why they are more often spared from severe illness associated with COVID-19 than adults, according to pediatric and adult ...

The team's findings are published in print this month in the American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology in a paper titled "Convergent and Divergent Immune Aberrations in COVID-19, ...

Pharmaceutical R&D is hindered by high costs and low translatability of preclinical models, necessitating innovative approaches. Ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) provides a platform for testing therapies ...

Scientists have discovered a new family of helpful proteins in the lung. When stimulated, these bitter taste receptors, called T2Rs, prevent fluid from entering the lung through blood vessels. The ...

On average, we breath around 20 times per minute, every minute and every hour, day, week, month and year of our lives. It is one of the first things we do immediately after birth and one of the last ...

For patients with breathing disorders, the fear of being short of breath can be overwhelming. This fear can hold you back from experiencing the best quality of life that you can, leading to poor ...