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 ...

Removing mucus from the lungs is an important part of managing certain health conditions, such as bronchiectasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Too much mucus can block narrowed air ...

Lung cancer arises in tissues of the lung, usually in the cells lining air passages. The two main types are small-cell lung cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer, according to the shape of cells ...

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 ...

You may experience a high white blood cell count with lung cancer due to infections. Medications, such as chemotherapy, may also affect your white blood cell count. Lung cancer begins with lung ...

The most common types of lung cancer are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)—which accounts for 80% to 85% of diagnosed cases of the disease in the United States—and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Each ...

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 ...

A clinical trial is underway to study the protection offered in patients with advanced interstitial lung disease, which comprises a large number of lung disorders (over 200) where there is damage to ...

Air keeps moving through your airways until it reaches tiny balloon-like air sacs in your lungs called alveoli. From there, the oxygen moves into your blood. Healthy lungs carry oxygen from the ...