Engineered anthrobots injected into the body could potentially dissolve arterial plaque in atherosclerosis patients and remove excess mucus in cystic fibrosis patients. Importantly, these ...

There is now a strong body of evidence to indicate that the pulmonary inflammatory response that arises following exposure ... respiratory failure in diseases such as emphysema and cystic fibrosis. 11 ...

When cystic fibrosis hits your lungs hard, hit back. Everything you need to know about getting your lungs back into shape is ...

Researchers have been trying for decades to stop the cells that damage the lung in people with pulmonary fibrosis. Now a team ...

In December, the FDA approved Vertex’s vanzacaftor, tezacaftor and deutivacaftor (Alyftrek) for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in patients ... various organs in the body.

Adipocytes in the skin contain one large liquid droplet of fat molecules (or lipids), which can be released from the cell in response to various biological events. In the two mouse models of skin ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known ...

Eli Lilly is making a play for the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) market, offering Mediar Therapeutics $99 million in upfront and near-term payments for global rights to an asset that is ...

Virtual choir program founder Ashley Ballou-Bonnema shares her selfless story on living with and advocating for a life with the chronic disease.

“Obviously we know that there are other areas that do have a tendency to have some body odor — areas, like the groin, that can be a little bit more susceptible to microbial growth,” she continue ...

When we’re under so much pressure, it’s natural to feel stressed. Stress is our body’s response to a demand placed on it.[1] A small amount occasionally is not a problem, but when frequent ...