Findings have implications in understanding, preventing and treating multiple lung diseases. Lung immunity is essential to combat all pulmonary diseases, including COVID-19, pneumonia, lung cancer,…
Malignant tumors can enhance their ability to survive and spread by suppressing antitumor immune cells in their vicinity, but a study led by researchers at…
Are prematurely aged or overworked stem cells a significant factor in chronic lung disease? Findings of a study just released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) say…
Using a virus that grows in black-eyed pea plants, nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed a new treatment that could keep metastatic…
Researchers have found further evidence that exercise during pregnancy is good not only for mothers but also for their offspring. In research presented at the…
A genomic analysis of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking has found that a majority of these tumors arise from the accumulation…
Study points to mechanism of post-viral lung damage; suggests targets of intervention. The deadliest time in a viral respiratory illness sometimes is actually after the…
With a $2.3 million NIH award, USC researchers will study how cilia behavior and structure impact their function, a key in improving diagnostics and treatments…
New experimental data pinpoints a molecular component responsible for modulating the damage the flu can wreck on the lungs. The molecule, known as DAF, increases…
Doctors have hoped that antibiotics could benefit patients with chronic lung diseases, but a new study has found no benefit for patients with life-threatening…
Scientists at the University of Münster provide new insights into interactions between platelets and white blood cells in mice. Treating patients with acute respiratory failure…
Understanding how antibodies and antibody-secreting cells can fight against lung infection will provide new directions for improving vaccines to prevent severe respiratory infection and for…
New mouse model makes it easier and safer to study COVID-19 lung injury. Using a newly developed mouse model of acute lung injury, researchers found…
A team led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian has used advanced technology and analytics to map, at single-cell resolution, the cellular…
Adolescents who vape cannabis are at greater risk for respiratory symptoms indicative of lung injury than teens who smoke cigarettes or marijuana, or vape nicotine,…
Australian researchers reveal new molecules that provide profound protection in asthma models — as well as reducing severity of asthma attacks. A study designed to…
Lung tissue of patients who suffered severely from COVID-19 shows good recovery in most cases. This was revealed by a study carried out by the…
Research Suggests Boosting a Natural Cellular Process Could Reduce Damage An unfortunate truth about the use of mechanical ventilation to save the lives of patients…