When it comes to lung healing and recovery, many well-intentioned approaches actually hinder rather than help the natural healing process. The lungs possess remarkable regenerative capabilities, but ...

Biomaterials are specifically engineered to support tissue, nerve and muscle regeneration across the body, yet physicians and ...

Using a four-dimensional microscopy technique, researchers have created 3D video images of mouse lung tissue grown in the laboratory. What they have learned has been nothing short of groundbreaking.

Researchers from UC San Francisco have discovered blood stem cells in the lungs, disrupting a decades-old belief that new blood cells were only made in the bone marrow. Conventionally it was thought ...

Vaping is often promoted as a safer alternative to smoking, but health experts warn that e-cigarettes can still harm lung ...

Few parents forget the sound of a NICU ventilator. Weeks or months of alarms, oxygen readings, and whispered updates from ...

New research shows why coronavirus infection may lead to long COVID, with long-term effects on the lungs and brain, unlike ...

Healthcare professionals note that the best way to prevent lung damage due to cigarette smoke is quitting smoking and early ...

Smoking does more than damage lungs. Orthopaedic expert warns that it can slow bone healing, raise the risk of fractures and complicate recovery after surgeries like knee and hip replacements. No ...

Understanding resilience — the ability of injured lung tissue to heal and regenerate — may be key to advancing the treatment and prevention of life-threatening lung disease that occurs in extremely ...