In a study of mice, researchers have identified a new molecular pathway involved in the growth of tiny air sacs called alveoli that are crucial for breathing. The scientists say their experiments may ...

Emphysema: Pulmonary emphysema is a disorder affecting the alveoli (tiny air sacs) of the lungs. The transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs takes place in the walls of the alveoli. In ...

Emphysema is a widespread disease of the lungs. It is a condition in which there is over-inflation of structures in the lungs known as alveoli or air sacs. This over-inflation results from a breakdown ...

A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

Emphysema is a progressive, debilitating lung disease in which the lung's breathing sacs, or alveoli, enlarge, get thinner, and eventually are destroyed as the cells die off. It can be fatal, and ...

Emphysema is a component of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that is found, along with chronic bronchitis, in most patients with COPD. Patients with predominant emphysema tend to be very ...

Telomeres, the body's own cellular clocks, may be a crucial factor underlying the development of emphysema, according to new research. Telomeres, the body's own cellular clocks, may be a crucial ...

Any illness that is gradually choking to death a million or more Americans might be expected to be a well-known subject of intensive attack by medical scientists. But the progressive and eventually ...

The stress response protein Rtp801 mediates damage to the lung in response to smoke. This finding might lead to new ways to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema (pages 767–773).

Doctors at Temple Health recently completed a study that led to a breakthrough treatment for severe emphysema, the first treatment of its kind approved by the FDA. Emphysema is a type of chronic ...

A vitamin found in eggs and milk could hold the key to curing the potentially fatal lung disease emphysema, new research has revealed. British scientists have found that retinoic acid, a derivative of ...