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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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DEC 25, 2015
Videos
In the fight against lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the US, the newest weapons are immunotherapy dru
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 24, 2015
Microbiology
People suffering from leukemia or lymphoma are particularly vulnerable to mold diseases such as aspergillosis and mucorm
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 24, 2015
Immunology
Some tumor cells in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) express programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) that bind
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 24, 2015
Videos
In 2014 the most common cancer diagnosis was breast cancer, followed by prostate, lung, colon, skin, and brain cancer. B
...
DEC 15, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r
...
DEC 11, 2015
Cardiology
Normally macrophages are called to a site of damage due to an infection or penetration of the skin, but scientists have
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2015
Cardiology
Using non-invasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) scientists have found a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 10, 2015
Cardiology
The left internal thoracic artery is “associated with improved survival, graft patency, and freedom from cardiac e
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 04, 2015
Cardiology
For patients with weak hearts that need help pumping blood, an alternative to a heart transplant is an implant of a mech
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Synthetic Biologics Inc., developed an antibody-
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
You probably first heard of the Tasmanian devil while watching the Looney Tunes cartoon portrayal as a child. According
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 25, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
To predict breast cancer progression, doctors have turned to mathematics and computer programming. Using these unconvent
...
NOV 24, 2015
Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 19, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have known for a while that taking low daily doses of aspirin decreases the odds of a person having a heart a
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 19, 2015
Immunology
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has a long history of evading both the immune system and scientists trying to study how it
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 19, 2015
Videos
While the conventional wisdom is that drugs are bad for you, there is a growing amount of information that marijuana isn
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 17, 2015
Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 16, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
As organ donors, people consent to donating their vital organs after death, such as the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys
...
NOV 13, 2015
Immunology
Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes normally found in the body that play a role in inducing cell death in abnormal
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 11, 2015
Immunology
A single signaling protein required for a successful immune attack against viral infections may be the key to improving
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 05, 2015
Cancer
A 41-year old man based out of Columbia has reportedly died of a strange type of cancer that doctors had a lot of troubl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2015
Immunology
"Patrolling monocytes" are white blood cells in the bloodstream that continuously check for cellular debris an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 20, 2015
Microbiology
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Have you ever wondered how these guys find their bacterial &ldquo
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 06, 2015
Neuroscience
The nervous system in the human body is incredibly detailed and complex. From the tiniest neurons in the brain, to the s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim