Researchers have built a lung in a lab that more accurately emulates the human lung than traditional models, opening the door to the fast-tracking of the discovery and development of drugs and a ...

(Nanowerk News) Human mini-lungs grown by University of Manchester scientists can mimic the response of animals when exposed to certain nanomaterials. The study at the University’s NanoCell Biology ...

A large amount of lungs donated cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital have conducted an animal study bringing hope that more donor ...

A group of nano-bioengineers in Australia have developed a method for fabricating patient-specific human lung replicas in just 28 days. The method represents a unique milestone in the development of ...

A lifelong animal lover, Laura met her husband, Tom Zitzelberger, while carving pumpkins at the Toledo Zoo in 1989. Laura worked at the zoo’s panda exhibit and then joined a coworker who started the ...

Core Director: Rui-Ming Liu, Ph.D. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a most enigmatic fatal lung disorder. Although significant progress has been made in our understanding of IPF pathogenesis, ...

Laura Zitzelberger was an animal lover who devoted 36 years of her life to caring for birds and other animals In 2011 the non-smoker was diagnosed with a lung disease caused by allergens commonly ...