Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt researchers have built the first lung-on-a-chip with a working immune system, a breakthrough with the potential to reshape how we study disease, move beyond animal testing, ...

University of Colorado Denver Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor Chelsea Magin is developing a lung model to help ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. 3D-printed lungs made with living cells could help to improve lung disease prevention and treatment—and potentially one ...

Air sacs in the lungs called alveoli are crucial for gas exchange and provide an important barrier against inhaled viruses and bacteria that cause respiratory diseases like flu and tuberculosis (TB).

Peer-reviewed study confirming strong predictive performance of patient-specific lung digital twins, validated against ...

A new ‘lung-on-chip’ model, consisting solely of genetically identical cells derived from a single person, has advanced our understanding of tuberculosis, opening the door to personalized treatments.

For the first time, scientists are able to directly compare the different kinds of injury that mechanical ventilation causes to cells in the lungs. In a new study, using a ventilator-on-a-chip model ...