Taking a deep breath restores the ideal “layering” of lung fluids, according to a new experiment.

The development could help scientists develop patient-specific treatments and one day offer a lab-grown lung transplant ...

More than half of all premature babies born before the 28th week of pregnancy develop respiratory distress syndrome shortly after birth.

Scientists at UCSF identified a key cellular switch that plays a large role in pulmonary fibrosis, and found a way of ...

What if scientists could build a realistic model of the human lung, not full-sized, but grown in the lab from living cells?

Countless families have seen their loved ones pass away due to pneumonia. Why is this such a deadly diagnosis?

As colder months set in, respiratory infections begin to climb: everything from the common cold and flu to COVID-19. It's a ...

A research team has determined that severe obesity causes the lungs to age faster. The team was led by Prof. Dr. Veronika ...