A new study has found that microplastics from a common type of polyester plastic can cause or exacerbate the progression of a ...

Researchers completed the first human trial of enteral ventilation, a process in which oxygen is delivered to the body through the rectum.

New study links home mold exposure to hypersensitivity pneumonitis, an inflammatory lung disease. Identifying mold can ...

Researchers in Japan have completed the first human trial of a groundbreaking method that may allow people to absorb oxygen ...

Blocking caspase-9, an enzyme involved in cell death, may be a potential treatment target for pulmonary fibrosis, a ...

Published in the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, the study found that inhaling tiny plastic particles — ...

We've been transplanting human hearts and lungs for decades, but only JUST transplanted the first human bladder in 2025! Here's what took so long.

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Researchers uncovered how lung cells decide whether to rebuild tissue or fight infection. This built-in “switch” may be the ...

An unconventional method of delivering oxygen rectally, known as "enteral ventilation," is advancing through human clinical ...

Researchers at Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI) and the Irish Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory at St James's ...

A study by University of California, Riverside, scientists has found that two toxic chemicals can form when the main ...