Researchers found tiny plastic particles lodged in human lungs, with a heavier burden among people diagnosed with lung cancer ...

Scientists make concerning discovery about lung cancer and microplastics - Microplastics have been found in the deepest ...

Researchers from the University of Barcelona and the August Pi y Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) have shown that the IGFBP3 protein plays a relevant role in human lung development. The ...

An unpublished study of 100 lung samples found the particles more often in cancer patients.

Human mini-lungs grown by University of Manchester scientists can mimic the response of animals when exposed to certain nanomaterials. The study is published in Nano Today. Though not expected to ...

The largest and most comprehensive cell map of the human lung is published in Nature Medicine on June 8. Revealing the great diversity of cell types in the lung and key differences between health and ...

As part of the study, each patient provided a lung-wash sample, in which saline solution is used to collect cells and other ...

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 ...

Human mini-lungs grown by University of Manchester scientists can mimic the response of animals when exposed to certain nanomaterials. The study at the University’s NanoCell Biology Lab at the Centre ...

Around 2010, Michael Riddle was a broke medical student in his late thirties supporting a wife and four children at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). One day, Riddle walked into a ...

A new study from the University of Kansas shows that additives common in commercially available vaping devices, such as vitamin E and CBD, soften a vital lung surfactant at high enough concentrations, ...

A perfect combination of embalming chemicals, burial material, and the natural makeup of human lung kept them in good shape ...