There are more than 100,000 people on organ transplant lists in the U.S., some of whom will wait years to receive one—and ...

A novel screening approach developed by physicians at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University shows ...

Studies show that women’s lung anatomy and function make them more susceptible to the harmful effects of pollutants. Women’s lungs are smaller than men’s, with narrower airways, which might ...

Gross anatomy was evaluated in fetuses further used for lung morphometry ... maternal sildenafil administration rescues parenchymal and vascular lung abnormalities induced by DH without any obvious ...

Postpneumonectomy syndrome (PPS) is a rare complication characterized by hyperinflation of the other lung, mediastinal shift, and tracheobronchial stenosis. 1-3 We present a rare case of ...

The four pulmonary veins play an important role in the pulmonary circulation by receiving oxygenated blood from the lungs and delivering it to the left atrium, where it can then enter the left ...

In 2008, the researchers discovered a ligand peptide that bound to the surface of lung vascular endothelial cells and could deliver a cell death notice directly to the lungs in mice. However ...

The pulmonary arteries are the two major arteries coming from right ventricle of your heart. Their job is to carry low-oxygen blood from the heart to the lungs. There, the blood is enriched with ...