Respiratory diseases like influenza and COVID-19 drive inflammatory responses that can cause long-term damage to the lungs and can be difficult to treat. Now, by using techniques that deliver mRNA via ...

Andes hantavirus causes deadly lung failure, but its method of attack differs from other respiratory illnesses. The details might inform future treatments.

Inhaled microplastics can stay in lungs for weeks and trigger allergies - Studies have shown that in tissues where they ...

Researchers reveal critical mechanism behind idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that networks of misplaced immune cells drive an aggressive lung disease, ...

What organ has the surface area of a tennis court, expands and contracts 17,000 times every day, and contains passageways that range from centimeter-sized tubes to vessels that are narrower than the ...

Reductions in tobacco smoking have led to lower rates of lung cancer in many places. But people who have never smoked still get lung cancer. In fact, globally, their numbers are proportionally on the ...

Oncologists have discovered that lung cancer cells can change their identity to resist treatment. Research published in ...

A once-daily pill halved people's risk of dying from a common lung cancer when they took the drug after tumor-removal surgery, new trial data shows. Made by the biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, ...

Doctors in Guangzhou, China, transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human for the first time Aug. 25, highlighting the potential of xenotransplantation to transform medical care.

Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other cancer, and an estimated quarter million people are expected to be diagnosed with it this year. Survival rates vary dramatically based on whether the ...