Researchers of the University of Barcelona and the August Pi y Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) have shown that ...

PULMONARY alveolar microlithiasis is a rare and extraordinary disease in which microscopic stones are found within the pulmonary alveoli. The lungs, which are heavy and stony hard, cut with the ...

Researchers from the University of Barcelona and the August Pi y Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) have shown ...

model contains many of the critical features of alveolar macrophages found in the lungs, including onion-shaped phagolysosomes (left) and the cell nucleus (right). A human cell culture model of ...

Igor Ilkov/Getty Images Specifically, they observed alveolar macrophages: immune cells that defend delicate sections of the lower lungs from infections by regularly patrolling the site.

Drug Improves Effectiveness of Radiation for Lung Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain Oct. 4, 2024 — The University of Cincinnati's Debanjan Bhattacharya is first author of new research ...

Lung cancer starts in your lungs and can spread to other parts of your body. There are more than 20 kinds of lung cancer. Some other conditions can have similar warning signs to lung cancer. It ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors ...

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air escapes ...

The Lung Institute provides comprehensive diagnostics and treatments to patients with illnesses that affect the lungs and breathing, including lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ...