The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.

UCLA researchers have successfully grown miniature lungs from stem cells—complete with their own functioning blood vessel ...

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis ...

At first glance, some people seem to have recovered from COVID-19. They no longer test positive and can return to work or ...

The secrets of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are written in its very name. Idiopathic refers to a disease of unknown ...

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive, incurable lung disease characterised by abnormal tissue repair causing emphysema and small airways fibrosis. Since current ...

The researchers found that antibody-producing plasma cells first accumulated in the lung tissue of IPF patients. There, they seemed to be recruited by subsets of mural cells, which surround and ...

A chest X-ray or CT scan often detects lung nodules—small growths in the lungs—incidentally. While most lung nodules are benign, here’s to finding out if they are cancerous.

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) scars lung tissue and makes breathing increasingly difficult until patients can't get enough oxygen. Available drugs provide minimal benefit.

Previous studies have shown that IPF patients have heightened antibody responses and elevated lung antibody levels. The new research explains the origin of these antibodies and reveals how abnormal ...

High-fat, high-carb regimen drives tumor growth in mice In a nutshell Scientists discovered that a high-fat, high-sugar diet ...