The gas exchange system is responsible for getting oxygen into the blood and removing carbon dioxide as a person breathes. Breathing is also called 'ventilation' and is the movement of gases into and ...

Easy breathing depends on the millions of delicate, air-filled sacs, known as alveoli, that are the site of gaseous exchange in the lungs. Each alveolus is composed of two distinct epithelial cell ...

The novel agent molgramostim improved pulmonary gas exchange in autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, a randomized trial showed. In this rare condition, surfactant builds up in the alveoli as ...