Lungs are highly vulnerable to injury and infection due to continuous exposure to inhaled environmental pathogens and particles. As a result, respiratory diseases are a leading cause of disability and ...

In a study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, an interdisciplinary team of researchers analyzed whether alveolar epithelial cell necrosis at an early stage of severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

The biomimetic lung unit model, comprising a biomimetic membrane, vascular cells, and pulmonary cells, can mimic respiration and cultivate cells at the air-liquid interface. The biomimetic membrane, ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2022 – Alveoli are the basic functional units of the human respiratory system, acting as tiny air sacs that exchange gases. Air inhaled through the mouth and nose flows into the ...