"All processes that are considered early indicators of cancer development." Scientists issue warning after discovering ...

Using iPSCs on microfluidic chips to unravel respiratory illnesses. Respiratory illnesses like COVID-19 have triggered ...

Scientists at Kyoto University have developed a groundbreaking "lung-on-a-chip" that can mimic the distinct regions of human ...

Proteins sustain life as we know it, serving many important structural and functional roles throughout the body. But these large molecules have cast a long shadow over a smaller subclass of proteins ...

Scientists find concentrations 100 times higher than previous estimates, with most particles small enough to penetrate lungs.

Scientists say average people may be inhaling microscopic, lung-penetrating plastic particles at a rate that's 100 times ...

From mouse to human In 2017, the UCSF team found cells in the mouse lung making 50% of the mouse’s platelets. They also discovered lung stem cells in mice that made all the constituents of blood, ...

Vitreous humor — the clear, gel-like substance that fills the space behind the lens of the eye and supports the shape of the ...

The insects were able to sniff out human lung cancer biomarkers with a remarkable 82% success rate, according to a study published in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics.

A human cell culture model of the lung's most important immune cells, alveolar macrophages, helped make a key finding that is prompting researchers to rethink the role of another immune protein.