Nearly everyone in the world breathes bad air. This is what you can do to lower your risk
Most of the world's population is exposed to polluted air and or those living in cities with chronically bad air, the smog ...
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Facts about the human lungs
Lungs can regenerate damaged tissue, to a small extent. A sneeze can expel air from the lungs at speeds up to 100 miles per ...
Key mechanism in human lung development identified
More information: Melissa Acosta-Plasencia et al, Discovering genes and microRNAs involved in human lung development unveils ...
BBC4 年
How do humans breathe?
When a human breathes in, their chest muscles move upwards and outwards and the diaphragm muscle under their lungs moves down. This creates a bigger space in the chest and the change in pressure ...
The Independent Singapore9 天
Singapore researchers to grow human-like lungs in the lab and advance lung health research
SINGAPORE: The Academic Respiratory Initiative for Pulmonary Health (TARIPH) Centre, led by Nanyang Technological ...
BBC7 年
Gas exchange in the lungs
Large surface area: human lungs contain about 500 million alveoli, which creates a surface area around half the size of a tennis court. This speeds up diffusion because gases have more area over ...
Medical Xpress1 个月
Antibody discovery may lead to a cure for age-related lung diseases
The amino acids in isoDGR are damaged. The researchers began their study by examining the presence of isoDGR in human lung tissues obtained from people having a variety of ages and backgrounds as ...
University of Manchester10 个月
Scientists grow human mini-lungs as animal alternative for nanomaterial safety testing
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 Lab at the Centre ...