Published in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, the study found that inhaling tiny plastic particles — ...

The study authors encourage further research on this topic. Researchers issue warning after discovering overlooked hazard ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have uncovered a key molecular player that is involved in lung repair and in the development of pulmonary fibrosis, a common ...

An unconventional method of delivering oxygen rectally, known as "enteral ventilation," is advancing through human clinical ...

Japanese and US researchers have developed a groundbreaking treatment for people who can’t breathe through their lungs — by ...

3D-printed lungs made with living cells could help to improve lung disease prevention and treatment—and potentially one day offer a lab-grown option for use in organ transplants. University of ...

Scientists in China have reported transplanting a genetically modified pig lung into a human. The 39-year-old patient was a brain dead individual and the lungs were viable and functioning for nine ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, ...

A man in China became the first recipient of a pig lung. The genetically modified pig organ was transplanted into the 39-year-old, according to an Aug. 26 report by the journal Nature. The procedure ...