A recent study published by Rutgers Health experts in the European Respiratory Journal identified interconnected webs of ...

Smoking damages the airways, air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs, and cilia, which are tiny hair-like structures that prevent dirt and mucus from entering your lungs. Withdrawal from tobacco products ...

Species-specific cell-matrix interactions are essential for differentiation of alveoli like structures and milk gene expression in primary mammary cells of the Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus ...

Hyperoxia therapy is a critical clinical intervention for both acute and chronic illnesses. However, prolonged exposure to high-concentration oxygen can cause lung injury. The mechanisms of hyperoxic ...

“As the galactic tide acts to decouple bodies from the scattered disk it creates a spiral structure in physical space that is roughly 15,000 astronomical units in length,” writes Nesvorný. “The spiral ...

1 Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Vaccine, West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 2 Department of Healthcare Intelligence, University of North ...

pneumonia causes the air sacs (alveoli) in your lungs to become inflamed and fill with fluid. This makes it harder for you to breathe and can become life-threatening. Bronchiolitis. An infection of ...

The independent movements and flexibility of various parts of the skull, called cranial kinesis, are an evolutionary innovation that is found in living vertebrates only in some squamates and crown ...

To test and evaluate the method we applied it to study lung development in mice. Normal development of lung alveoli through the process of alveolar septation is a dynamic, coordinated process that ...