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Tiny plastic fragments small enough to reach the deepest regions of the lungs have been found embedded in human tissue, and a ...

A new Northwestern Medicine study is challenging long-held assumptions about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to results published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

According to researchers from the University of Mississippi, elevated levels of black carbon in the air are responsible for increased hospitalizations in the state. Phys.org reported that a recent ...

How do pathogens invade the lungs? Using human lung microtissues, a team has uncovered the strategy used by a dangerous pathogen. The bacterium targets specific lung cells and has developed a ...