The human immune system is a highly complex network of cells, signals, and responses that is tightly regulated to ensure that the body can fight off infection without damaging its own tissues. Now, ...

Historically, rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) has been classified by histologic appearance into two major subtypes, alveolar (ARMS) and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS). The International Classification of ...

Lungs are highly vulnerable to injury and infection due to continuous exposure to inhaled environmental pathogens and particles. As a result, respiratory diseases are a leading cause of disability and ...

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The lung is a complex organ that is essential for life, so researchers have spent many years searching for ways to regenerate it. Extensive lineage tracing studies in mice shed light on certain types ...

Researchers at Texas Biomedical Research Institute have succeeded in generating the lung's most important immune cell, the alveolar macrophage, in the lab. The cell culture model will make it much ...

IN the normal subject, an increment in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (Pco 2) in arterial blood of only a few millimeters of mercury suffices to double or even triple minute and alveolar ...

Computed Tomographic Scan of the Chest of a 41-Year-Old Man, Showing Bilateral Calcific, Micronodular Opacities. The sister subsequently had a mild restrictive respiratory defect, but she is still ...