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Lung development
Lung development is the broad biological process by which the lung organs are formed beginning early in fetal growth. The first step of lung development involves the formation of conducting airways. Next, the gas exchange area of the lungs is formed and subsequently enlarged. The expansion of the gas exchange area, known as alveolarization, continues slowly into adolescence and young adulthood.
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JUL 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 18, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Over 20 years ago researcher Didier Stainier found a zebrafish mutant he named cloche, after comparing the shape of the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 01, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Smoking cigarettes alters dozens of genes in the epithelial cells that line the respiratory tract. Several of these chan
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
When determining whether a person is at risk for health problems from high blood pressure, there are sometimes different
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids, basically a small in vitro model of an organ, could aid in identifying the best therapies for some people suf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2016
Cardiology
For unknown reasons, a new study has uncovered the ability of a protein called hepatoma derived growth factor (HDGF) to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2016
Immunology
The summer of 2015 in the South Bronx, New York City saw the worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease the city had
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 25, 2016
Immunology
Humans have specialized immune cells designed to detect and kill abnormal cells, whether they are virally-infected or ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 19, 2016
Cardiology
Jessica Wagenseil, PhD, and her team from Washington University in St. Louis compared plaque buildup in two mice groups:
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
rimary cilia have moved from the background of cell biology into the forefront of research. Now known to be present on a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
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...
APR 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 26, 2016
Cardiology
Right now, in any US hospital, about half of the patients have a prescription for an acid-reducing drug to reduce h
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
APR 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 11, 2016
Cardiology
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...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 10, 2016
Microbiology
The ESKAPE pathogens are so-named because they have managed to “escape” the activity of our modern antibioti
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 07, 2016
Cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer in both men and women. With such a high incidence rate and an equal
...
MAR 30, 2016
Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb”
...
MAR 28, 2016
Cancer
Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet
...
MAR 26, 2016
Videos
Coffee has been long viewed as a vice. We often use "coffee" and "caffeine" interchangeably. After all, a cup of coffee
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many people have heard of mesotheliomas through frightening television commercials. But little is known about treatment
...
MAR 18, 2016
Videos
Lung cancer causes the most cancer deaths in the United States, upwards of 150,000 people are expected to die this year
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 17, 2016
Cancer
To metastasize and invade distant parts of the body, cancer cells need help. And researchers from the Massachusetts Inst
...