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Lungs
The lungs are a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest (thorax). The trachea (windpipe) conducts inhaled air into the lungs through its tubular branches, called bronchi. The main function of the lungs is the process of gas exchange called respiration (or breathing). Lungs are inside of your rib cage.
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JAN 05, 2017
Cancer
A large portion of melanoma cases prove fatal because the disease has already progressed beyond treatment options. Howev
...
JAN 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an umbrella term for diseaes of the lungs and airways, and includes emph
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2016
Microbiology
If you’re a bacterium, you don’t need to be resistant to antibiotics to survive them. You just have to make
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 29, 2016
Cancer
JUPITER, FL – December 29, 2016 – A new study led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Resea
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 28, 2016
Cardiology
There are two different types of cholesterol in the body, considered to be good and bad, and there are two different dru
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 27, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria are becoming a serious public health concern. In the video below, the director
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2016
Cancer
In a small fraction of cancer cases, doctors can’t trace the origin of the metastatic cancer because, mysteriously
...
DEC 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – December 22, 2016 – A protein originally discovered at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 14, 2016
Cardiology
The pulmonary vasculature are the first blood vessels to encounter polluted air that is breathed in, and a dual-action s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 13, 2016
Cardiology
As babies make the transition of depending on the mother for oxygen and depending on their own lungs during birth, an ar
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2016
Microbiology
Biofilms are the product of bacteria that grow on a surface and usually secrete a matrix. When that kind of microbial co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Using Photodynamic Therapy to Kill Hard-to-Reach Tumors
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 07, 2016
Cancer
Holidays festivities and celebrations usually call for a glass of wine (or two). But this holiday season, a study sugges
...
DEC 07, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Buzz Aldrin, the second American astronaut to walk on the Moon following Neil Armstrong, was recently medically evacuate
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have discovered a cellular switch that can be turned “on” or “off,” which could be vi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
A 21-year-old man from Florida, identified as Granger Ray Wooten, is now facing misdemeanor charges after witnesses told
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 02, 2016
Videos
Parents are notorious for telling their children to "Sit up straight!" or "Don't slouch!" It turns out there are several
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 01, 2016
Cardiology
A flexible, long-lasting heart patch has been successfully implanted in animal hearts without stitches. The polymer patc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 01, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Could a long used diabetes drug be repurposed for cancer treatment? Researchers at Rice University have found a potentia
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
All of the information needed for building an organism is contained within its genome, present in every cell. When new p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2016
Cancer
Image Credit: Getty Images An experimental drug appears to pack a one-two punch against some prostate cancers, significa
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 23, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s almost time to belly up to the table and start wolfing down a huge meal. It’s part of a Thanksgiving tr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood
...
NOV 16, 2016
Cancer
LA JOLLA, CA – November 16, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) de
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)