An international team of researchers, led by the University of Exeter, have been awarded a Wellcome Discovery Award grant of ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unrecognized way that human airways protect lungs from infection—through the action of cilia, tiny hair-like structures lining the respiratory tract.

A recent study led by Paul DeCaen, Ph.D., associate professor of Pharmacology, has identified novel molecular mechanisms by ...

The findings of two recent studies give hope that the disease could one day be reversed in humans—but experts warn that this ...

One of the problems of conventional filters used in homes, businesses and public spaces is their poor performance. They rely ...

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

A new study from Stanford Medicine has found that stopping an overactive enzyme in the brain might help protect and even ...

Normally, July is Kenya’s coldest month due to the sun’s southern shift, reducing direct heat. Strong high-pressure air masses from the north amplifying the cooling effect. These systems block warm ...

HKU scientists 3D print airways using organoids. A new machine and custom-grown tissues are reshaping the future of respiratory medicine.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have revealed the structure of a key protein involved in ...

Primary cilia under fluid flow downregulate mTOR signalling to inhibit cell size.