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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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APR 22, 2015Cancer
A new "liquid biopsy" technique is showing promise in detecting certain types of cancer, reports Gina Kolata for The New ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
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Using the latest genome sequencing techniques, a research team led by scientists from UC San Francisco, Baylor College o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Cancer
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Smokers with a specific genetic variation are more likely to keep smoking longer than those who don't have the gene vari ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Immunology
Researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio revealed the mol ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Scientists have found six molecules that block HuR, an "oncoprotein" linked to cancer that was thought to be "undruggabl ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Cancer
A new study by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Cancer
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
U.S. scientists have discovered how tumor cells that mimic blood vessels could help breast cancer to spread around the b ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the number one cause of cancer-related mortality. It is estimat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Cancer
Novartis announces that Health Canada has issued a marketing authorization with conditions for Zykadia (ceritinib), a lu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Cancer
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that a vital self-destruct switch in cells is hijacked - making some pancr ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Some muscles get all the glory. Bodybuilders show off their swollen triceps; sprinters flash their sharp-edged calves. B ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 03, 2015Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 01, 2015Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 01, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Darwin's evolutionary theory predicts survival of the fittest. So why do different survival tactics coexist, if evolutio ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 31, 2015Cancer
Fasting in combination with chemotherapy has already been shown to kill cancer cells, but a pair of new studies in mice ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 30, 2015Microbiology
Researchers have have developed a new computational model that effectively simulates the mechanical behavior of biofilms ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 30, 2015Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Cancer
A new "liquid biopsy" technique is showing promise in detecting certain types of cancer, reports Gina Kolata for The New
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Recently released air pollution data paints a dismal picture of more than 90% of Chinese cities. In the first quarter of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 21, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Using the latest genome sequencing techniques, a research team led by scientists from UC San Francisco, Baylor College o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Cancer
Almost weekly, a new synthetic psychoactive drug comes onto the market somewhere in Europe that can be ordered legally a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Smokers with a specific genetic variation are more likely to keep smoking longer than those who don't have the gene vari
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Immunology
Researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio revealed the mol
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
Scientists have found six molecules that block HuR, an "oncoprotein" linked to cancer that was thought to be "undruggabl
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 13, 2015
Cancer
A new study by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 13, 2015
Cancer
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China'
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 10, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
U.S. scientists have discovered how tumor cells that mimic blood vessels could help breast cancer to spread around the b
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the number one cause of cancer-related mortality. It is estimat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Cancer
Novartis announces that Health Canada has issued a marketing authorization with conditions for Zykadia (ceritinib), a lu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Cancer
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that a vital self-destruct switch in cells is hijacked - making some pancr
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Some muscles get all the glory. Bodybuilders show off their swollen triceps; sprinters flash their sharp-edged calves. B
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 03, 2015
Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles have been looking into the effects of air pollution. While it sh
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 01, 2015
Plants & Animals
Humpback whales are renowned for their ability to produce songs of remarkable beauty, complexity, and duration. But scie
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 01, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Darwin's evolutionary theory predicts survival of the fittest. So why do different survival tactics coexist, if evolutio
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 31, 2015
Cancer
Fasting in combination with chemotherapy has already been shown to kill cancer cells, but a pair of new studies in mice
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 30, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers have have developed a new computational model that effectively simulates the mechanical behavior of biofilms
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 30, 2015
Cancer
Nearly 50 years after the "war on cancer" was declared in the United States, precision medicine presages an era of incre
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider