Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HOUSTON — New data from Russia indicate that patients with bronchial asthma experienced significant improvement ...

The primary function of the surfactant is to decrease the surface tension at the air–liquid interface in the alveoli and distal bronchioles, to promote lung expansion during inspiration and to prevent ...

Scientists have developed a new lung surfactant that is produced synthetically rather than relying on the use of animal tissues. With further development, the formulation could provide a cheaper and ...

The importance of surface tension at the alveolar interface was demonstrated in 1929, 1 and lung extracts capable of markedly lowering surface tension were described by Pattle 2 in 1955. Although in ...

An engineer in California has an invention that she hopes will someday help people with damaged lungs breathe easier. Stanford University's Annelise Barron has developed a synthetic version of ...

A recently published preclinical study by researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, show that vaping may negatively affect ...

LONDON, ON-A recently published preclinical study by researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, show that vaping may negatively ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers discuss the role of a surfactant-mediated inflammatory response employed by human lungs against the severe acute respiratory ...

Usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) is a risk factor for lung carcinogenesis. This study was performed to characterize mutagenesis and mutational target genes underlying lung carcinogenesis in patients ...

Instead, surfactant is also important in narrow tubular respiratory structures such as the terminal airways of mammals and the air capillaries of birds. (3). Insect tracheoles: We investigate the ...