The "cell of origin" of the second most common lung cancer and the way that it becomes dominant in the lung have been discovered in a new study in mice and humans by researchers at UCL ...

The COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the U.S. five years ago this month, leaving not only lingering mental health effects but also long-term physical symptoms. One of those included a condition known as ...

"It's like a tiny explosion at the delicate lung surface," said lead author Donald P. Gaver, a biomedical engineering professor at Tulane University School of Science and Engineering. "Though ...

How our lungs back up the bone marrow to make our blood Date: February 27, 2025 Source: University of California - San Francisco Summary: Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other ...

Lung cancer cases are increasing in people who ... This gene provides instructions for producing a protein on the surface of cells involved in growth and division. Mutations in this gene drive ...

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

“Although lung cancer overall is decreasing because of declines in tobacco use, lung cancer among people who have never smoked has been rising significantly,” Wojcicki wrote in a YouTube blog ...

Lung transplantation has evolved over 60 years from an experimental to an accepted standard treatment for life-threatening lung disease. Suitable recipients can expect improved survival and ...

Lung (pulmonary) sarcoma is a rare type of lung cancer. Most lung cancers start in epithelial cells that line your airways, but pulmonary sarcoma develops in connective tissue or other ...

A lung biopsy is a procedure that involves removing a small tissue sample from the lung. An interventional radiologist (a doctor who specializes in procedures using medical imaging) usually ...

She is board-certified in internal medicine. Bronchiolitis obliterans, commonly known as "popcorn lung," is a rare lung disease that happens when the smallest airways in your lungs (called ...