A research team analyzed the fundamental properties and structures of the naturally occurring substances that help human lungs expand and contract, providing insight into how the substances help us ...

Deep inhalations associated with sighing help reorder the multilayer film of pulmonary surfactant, raised lung compliance, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study revealed that vitamin E, an additive in e-cigarettes, alters pulmonary surfactant functional properties.

This periodic reset transforms the layer into a mechanically robust, DPPC-rich film, where compressional hardening counteracts tension, the authors wrote.A DPPC-rich film is a lipid layer with a ...

A new study dives into how deep breaths help our lungs.

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

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

Though we’ve now been living with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, for close to five years, many aspects of its biology and pathology remain mysterious. This is not helped by the fact that ...

Studies show vaping raises the number of ACE2 receptors: the doorway COVID uses to attack. That means higher risk and slower ...

In extremely preterm infants, intratracheal administration of budesonide combined with surfactant does not reduce the rate of ...

New discovery on the causes of PAP lung disease can also offer solutions for treating obesity and heart disease. The research group has identified a genetic defect that causes the accumulation of ...