The editor’s pick for this issue is a review article discussing the promise of hyperpolarised xenon MRI, a non-invasive ...

With obstructive lung disease (asthma or COPD), an even greater ... In contrast, those particles able to penetrate to the very small airways and alveoli are likely to be deposited by sedimentation ...

Sometimes people think having trouble breathing is just something that comes with getting older. It is important to pay attention to these symptoms as they could be the first signs of lung disease, ...

COPD includes: Emphysema. This is a chronic lung condition that affects the smallest air sacs in the lungs (alveoli). Chronic bronchitis. This is long-term inflammation of the bronchi. It creates too ...

Few genes shared among the antigen presentation and monocyte/macrophage activity gene sets in the alveoli were differentially expressed. Among the lung regions of interest, CD163, a macrophage-related ...

In people with Emphysema, the air sacs in the lungs (alveoli) are damaged. Over time, the inner walls of the air sacs weaken and rupture — creating larger air spaces instead of many small ones. This ...