Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors ...

Disorders of surfactant protein biology cause dysfunction of alveolar type 2 cells and can lead to interstitial lung disease. This study describes the development of genetically manipulable, mature ...

which have resulted in a greater number of people with lung cancer being cured or living a much longer time with the disease. Many of these advances have been made by doctors and scientists at ...

Share on Pinterest PongMoji/Getty Images Spirometry is an important tool for diagnosing and determining treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... measures lung function and records ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of intestinal disorders that cause prolonged inflammation of the digestive tract. It can include ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease.

What Is White Matter Disease? White matter disease is the wearing away of tissue in the largest and deepest part of your brain. The loss of white matter function has a number of causes ...

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 ...

Thyroid disease is caused by over- or underproduction of thyroid hormones. An overproduction of thyroid hormones is called hyperthyroidism, and an underproduction of thyroid hormones is called ...

There are more than 10 common skin diseases seen in adults, such as acne, atopic dermatitis (eczema), cold sores, hives, and psoriasis. It can be difficult to identify these skin problems by ...

In response, China’s National Disease Control and Prevention Administration (NCDPA) has launched a pilot monitoring system aimed at identifying and managing pneumonia of unknown origin.

Here, we focus on the development of 3D lung organoids and their use as disease models and drug screening tools. We introduce the various experimental approaches used to model complex human diseases ...

Liver disease is any disease that directly affects your liver. Unlike acute liver failure, which happens suddenly, liver disease progresses slowly over time. Some types of liver disease ...