Scientists announced this week that they have managed to keep a genetically modified pig lung alive inside a human body—although briefly—for the first time. The lung survived for nine days, marking ...

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UCLA researchers have successfully grown miniature lungs from stem cells — complete with their own functioning blood vessel networks. The groundbreaking work, detailed in Cell, marks the first time ...

The largest and most comprehensive cell map of the human lung has been completed. The Human Lung Cell Atlas reveals the great diversity of cell types in the lung and shows key differences between ...

For the first time in history, scientists in China have transplanted a lung from a genetically modified pig into a human patient. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature, the team of ...

Erin Hall touched all the skulls, hearts, diseased lungs and other human body parts on display Thursday at East Forsyth High School. “It was all kind of gross, but it was cool because it was a once-in ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in live human lungs for the first time. Researchers from the University of Hull and Hull York Medical School also found microplastics in the deepest section of ...

An international team of scientists have discovered that soap could be important to helping our understanding of complex systems in the human body, such as lungs, and improving therapies for ...