UK scientists say they have found a new cause behind much of the damage asthma causes ... using mice and human lung-tissue samples. Lead researcher Prof Jody Rosenblatt said bronchoconstriction ...

A new method of scanning lungs is able to show in real time how air moves in and out of the lungs as people take a breath in patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and ...

A gut commensal protozoan determines respiratory disease outcomes by shaping pulmonary immunity - ...

A team has discovered a new communication pathway between the gut and lung. Their findings highlight how a little-known member of the gut microbiome reshapes the lung immune environment to have both ...

a static environment that doesn’t let cells behave as if they are in the human body. Cilia inside the lung-chip. Microscope image courtesy of Emulate, Inc. The organ-chip consists of transparent ...

Asthma is a medical condition in which the lining of the airways from the mouth to the lungs become irritated ... film from BBC series Inside The Human Body viewers get a closer look at the ...

They looked for genetic signatures of human-associated protozoa and identified a higher signal in samples from severe asthma ...

The human body clock could have a significant impact ... The study was funded by Asthma UK, the JP Moulton Charitable Trust, the North West Lung Charity and also the NIHR Manchester Biomedical ...

The trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, have a major impact on human health and disease. | Microbiology ...

Asthma is a long-term condition - also known as a chronic condition - which affects the lungs and can make it ... It targets just one bit of the human body - a part of our immune system that ...

Symptoms of some of the diseases that mimic lung cancer ... In response, the body releases chemicals called histamines that can affect the respiratory system. Common allergy symptoms include ...